This ship set sail in 1992. I've been referencing this very checklist for at least 20 years when ~~debating~~ being dismissively yelled at by conservatives. Everybody thought I was nuts.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 10 points 15 hours ago

We’re way past the early warning signs.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of these are perfectly naive.

It, for example, assumes that mass media wasn't being controlled beforehand (it always is) and that corporate power wasn't being protected beforehand (it always is).

Fascism is not some aberration of the liberal nation state - it's a built-in feature of it.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 7 points 15 hours ago

This is a list of paragraph titles from the original magazine article, which offers some nuance.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 9 points 15 hours ago

Welcome to 2017.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Fuck all the MAGA scum!

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 38 points 1 day ago

Well, I don't see, "Sieg Heil at the Presidential Inauguration," on that list.

Checkmate, liberals!

[–] Technotica@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (3 children)

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago

I tick all the boxes! Beautiful boxes! Nobody ticks all the boxes the way I do! Many people say so!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This means we get a free froyo, right?

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

The froyo contains potassium benzoate.

[–] Technotica@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

You will get this Fanta, and you WILL BE HAPPY ABOUT IT!

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Funny (not funny) thing is that it's hard to pinpoint which country is collecting the stamps here

[–] Fortatech@gregtech.eu 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

This could be a bingo sheet...

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Any idea what that says at the bottom?

[–] Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works 7 points 18 hours ago

Here’s a higher res version