By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/05/2026But as I listened to the speaker and the ensuing discussion, it occurred to me that Meadows' theoretical work was a very good way of describing the successes of the fascist movement in the UK and around the world. 15/ 1131
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/05/2026Fascists like Farage and Trump are, at their root, anti-democratic. Their pitch is that the people are incapable of self-determination (as Peter Thiel puts it, "democracy is incompatible with freedom"). 16/ 2173
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/05/2026They want us to think that our neighbors are irrational and foolish, and we, too, are irrational and foolish, and our safety and prosperity is only safeguarded if we seek out the few who are born to rule and liberate them from petty niceties and regulations that democracy and rule of law demand. 17 1202
Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Humans are dual-gendered. They go for trans folks first because they're the most obvious example of, "Actually, humans are a spectrum of traits whose highest fulfillment comes from the freed to express oneself creatively." Squash authenticity and curiosity, stuff humans in tribal boxes, foment war 000
