ID: 3 stills from A Bullet for Baldwin (1956)

  1. Alfred Hitchremoved says “I’ve just come into possession of a cure for fascism”

  2. He sets some bullets on his desk and says “they come in capsule form. For best results, they must be taken internally.”

  3. He holds up a revolver and says “here is the handy applicator.”

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    67·
    12 days ago

    You’re jumping the gun (no pun intended) a bit too far here.

    You have to wait until fascism is literally tearing apart the whole world before you attempt that remedy. In the meantime, we just watch the world slowly burn.

    Thanks America.

    • Donkter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      55·
      12 days ago

      “it could never happen here”

      Until it does

      Then all future historians look back and say

      “How sad they couldn’t see the writing on the walls even when it was so plainly obvious. It’s an indictment on that society as a whole that there were no armed revolutionaries fighting against the fascists when they started making moves in the mid to late 2010s.”

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        11·
        11 days ago

        Yeah, that’s the thing, this has been obvious for a while now. I’ve been screaming it from the rooftops

        And what answers did I get?

        “Naaaah, that will never happen, stop being so alarmist, it’s going to be fine” or any of the numerous alternatives to this

        …especially the “what do you mean? We live in the best time of history!! Just look at all these stats” which always infuriates me to no end

        Well, what good are those stats now?

  • Novice_Idiot@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    24·
    12 days ago

    Wellp, honestly we know whats going to happen now. corpos are gonna get “permission” for anything they ask for. Lets actively deny them. Organise, become engaged in local government and dont be afraid to sabotage and resist. In short, no one wants status quo, lets make shit better.

    • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      11·
      11 days ago

      All that too. But anyone who think fascism is going away without armed self defence is, at the very least, not paying any attention whatsoever.

        • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          4·
          11 days ago

          Oh ok, cool, so we’re on the same page lol

          E: I guess I’m just too used to libs suggesting boycotting individual companies as a solution to our problems…

          • wia@lemmy.caEnglish
            4·
            11 days ago

            Time for people to learn how to make and use molotovs again.

            Everyone worried about paying their bills and not securing their freedom, forgetting peaceful protests didn’t stop fascism the previous times.

          • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            11 days ago

            Well I’m not gonna say this won’t demand warmed conflict.

            But I do want to note that I don’t think the only options can be harmed conflict or an ineffective boycott of a multinational conglomerate.

            There has to be other ways. And I’ve actually thought of several, but nothing so simple I could propose it in a single sentence and usually when I get into talking about it the some people get heated up and I’m tired of the same fights over and over. It’s hard to fight alone, but I seriously think the internet would be a more powerful tool in the larger picture than personal firearms. Or at least, I very much hope so.

            But life has had a way of doing exactly the opposite of my wishes.

            So.

            Fuck…

            Gl Americans

          • richieadler@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
            1·
            11 days ago

            USians are deluded in believing that they’re the heroes of the movie.

            They’ll do nothing of the sort. They will endure, obey, and rat on the dissidents.

            • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
              1·
              11 days ago

              This isn’t defensiveness for myself since I’m not American, or of America, being what it is, but you could say that about pretty much every country in the world, and that’s because capitalism is pretty much decaying globally.

              It’s why focusing on superficial “fixes” like a change of administration is a waste of our collective time and energy as the working class, which is exactly what it’s designed to do - keep the public busy and placated with artificial tribalism and an illusion of choice, while those at the top keep collecting and hoarding power and resources.

              As long as there is a class of people who benefit from the exploitation of the rest of us, they will do everything in their power to manipulate society to serve them.

              • richieadler@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
                1·
                10 days ago

                You may be right in principle, but I’m not willing to die for it for it. Sorry if that offends your purist revolutionary mind.

                • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
                  1·
                  10 days ago

                  No one asked you to die for anything.

                  But some of us don’t have the privilege of choosing.

                  Whatever you imagine my sensibilities to be has nothing to do with it, you don’t get to shift the blame, it’s all on you to pick a side for yourself, and live with that choice.

    • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      27·
      12 days ago

      What isn’t doing any good is perpetuating the absurd notion that fascism is a single man, as well as the defeatism in its face.

    • djsoren19@yiffit.netEnglish
      12·
      12 days ago

      I’m 50/50 on this.

      On the one hand, clearly Vance will be worse than Trump on many key issues. The man is significantly more intelligent, low bar, and has a higher potential for harm.

      However, I do not see a world where Republicans crown Vance president for life. I don’t think he’s charismatic enough, I don’t think he’s liked enough. I think if Trump falls, trying to get that seat will lead to a lot of infighting.

      So even if it would be worse for the short-term, I think Trump dying before they install him as president for life is the only way the U.S. can have future elections. Because once the dictatorship is established, Vance can slot in as a successor, but they won’t establish it with him.

      However, he can’t be assassinated. That would make him a martyr, and then Vance will be able to be installed in order to “secure the peace” or w/e bullshit they make up. Have to pray that McDonalds can take him out.

      • Glitterbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        12 days ago

        Vance looks like the kind of guy that wouldn’t tell anyone if Trump died, and would pass off some AI video of Trump talking every once in a while as proof he’s still alive and running things.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
      11·
      12 days ago

      There’s an interesting possibility.

      If Trump strokes out before the EC votes are cast, Vance becomes president.

      But, if Trump strokes out after the EC votes are cast, but before they are actually counted in the House, Vance will be properly elected to the vice presidency. No presidential candidate will have 270 votes, so the decision will be made by the House, and the House can only choose from the top 3 candidates based on EC vote count. Harris being the only other candidate to win any EC votes, the House can only choose her. We end up with a Harris/Vance administration.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        11 days ago

        No, you go after both. Powerful corrupt politicians create billionaires and billionaires make corrupt politicians powerful. If you only get rid of one half of the problem, you get rid of none of the problem.

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        7·
        12 days ago

        What about the people walking around with armbands hats, signalling they’re enthusiastic members of the party?

    • Flocklesscrow@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      You have to understand that the Republican party is now a cult. And a cult has ONE person at the top. Without Trump, the cult falls apart.

  • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    6·
    12 days ago

    Are you going to walk the walk or just talk the talk like all of those that supported fascism with their non-voting to score “I’m a leftist, really” cred at the expense of all of the peoples that are now going to have genocide?

      • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        10·
        11 days ago

        I surely will and there’s no shame in it or any other expression of sorrow by a man, woman, or enbie. I’m afraid, however, that I have neither the patience, nor ability to give you empathy for those that are currently are and will soon be suffering and dying because of people who care more about their own moral purity than other human beings. If you’re unable to reach that capacity on your own, maybe therapy would be a good option (many professionals offer sliding scales, so if you have a challenge with that, I’d be happy to try to help you find someone in your area that could help).

  • starbrite@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    11 days ago

    You people are some kind of screwed up if you advocate for actively murdering people, besides isn’t the left for gun control?

    • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      6·
      11 days ago

      You people are some kind of screwed up if you advocate for actively defending yourselves against those murdering people, besides isn’t the left, that I clearly know nothing about as I am about to demonstrate, for gun control?

      FTFY, wilfully ignorant fascist enabler.