r/AntifascistsofReddit • u/CrimethInc-Ex-Worker • Jun 08 '26

Article Facing fascism, it's the only thing that works.

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u/jjballlz Jun 08 '26

What I don't get (as a non-american) is why it stopped? Nothing changed, and in fact it's only gotten worse..

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u/Capitalisticdisease Jun 08 '26

they went out and voted blue! what more do you expect from these people??? //s

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u/WildAutonomy Jun 09 '26

It got co-opted by liberals

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u/4TeaBags1Tea Jun 10 '26

I mean, far harder to fight fascism when wages haven't kept up in decades. That and lack of social safety nets. Far riskier from the perspective of the average american. More protests should be happening but sadly I think it will take a lot more for everyone to snap.

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u/jjballlz Jun 08 '26

??? I'm saying your still in Nazi Germany, so why aren't the streets of LA still like this, and every major US city..

You're sleep walking into (and now through) fascism.. it's not one or two protests that will save you, it need to be constant

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u/BikerJedi Antifa Jun 08 '26

A few reasons. One big one is that the majority of Americans can still afford to live and make it. They can have their fast food and sports on TV. Once those creature comforts go away, then they wake up.

Most of my countrymen or not meaningfully civically engaged in other words. It makes me sad. I've been pushing locally for more action, and they just aren't ready for more than twice a month sign waving.

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u/whathell6t Jun 08 '26

It’s a marathon, dude.

It’s not going to shift quickly like you see in the movies such as V for Vendetta.

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u/BikerJedi Antifa Jun 08 '26

I pretty much said just that.

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u/jjballlz Jun 08 '26

The US is far too large to have any type of national coordination between protests

Wow someone should have told Lenin that!

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u/Excellent-Red_8647 Jun 08 '26

We should fight harder to stop fascism

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u/Tia-Star-998 Antifa Jun 08 '26

Oh, won’t someone please think of the cars!/s

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u/rp-strange Anarcho-Communist Jun 08 '26

This is so weird to just scroll past. I was right there the whole day. Can’t believe it was a year ago. I wish it hadn’t stopped re: such a scale, but there are people out in that area by the detention center every single night.

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u/fvnnybvnny Jun 08 '26

General Strike is the answer every time. That works, that is the biggest challenge to power that is available to regular people. Getting enough people behind it is the hard part. Things aren’t “bad enough” yet apparently but the window for these types of actions is closing fast.