Yes, indeed, it is in an article by Thom Hartmann, dated dec. 03 2024.

hartmannreport.com/p/what-does…

#Trump #oligarchy #fascism #FreedomCities

Well, but in his defense, he suffered from a quite obvious mental illness by his last days.

Most Nazis can't invoke such an excuse.

@riley @shine

"fascism specifically hooks into cognitive shortcuts typical of people with diminished mental capacity,"

That's just not true.

Black women are not smarter than white women. White women don't have "diminished mental capacity" relative to Black women. And yet, the majority of white women voters, voted for the openly fascist candidate.

People always try to make excuses for why white people choose fascism so often.

Your conclusion is kind of unfair. I would have to cite examples of mass support of fascism arising in the non-white parts of the world. Specifically seeking these out, though, is very hard bcause Google is prone to misinterpret my queries as looking for racists' talking points rather than genuine historic tragedies.

Off the top of my head, I only know of the story of the Rwanda genocide, the story of the Khmer Rouge, and the story of the late-stage Imperial Japan (in which case a solid case could be mad that they imported second-hand proto-fascism from Prussia, and, of course, there were no actual elections in a feudal socity).

Also, diminished mental capacity is not the only design issue in human brains that fascism hooks into. It's just one of the relatively easiest-to-research ones.

@riley

The conclusion is not unfair at all. You can cite whichever country you'd like. You won't find a country where the correlation between "diminished mental capacity," however you'd like to define that (please don't try) and fascism, is stronger than the correlation between other, much more obvious factors, and fascism.

In the case of Rwanda, it was likely "Will I benefit from the slaughter of the people deemed as other?" and "Am I a terrible person that doesn't care about other people?" Highly educated and accomplished people fit into these categories.

And in the US, white people that are very racist and sexist, tend to vote for one candidate. Education level, income level, etc, are much less relevant.

"Economic variables like education, income and employment made a negligible difference."

vox.com/identities/2017/12/15/…

The past year of research has made it very clear: Trump won because of racial resentment

Another study produces the same findings we’ve seen over and over again.

^{German Lopez (Vox)}

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Neo-nazi Musk should apologise for every fascist thing he has ever said. Of course he will never do it, so we will all make his company crash and burn. ☠️

Det er meget sjovt, at Hannity midt i sin reklame kommer med den oplysning, at han ikke selv har en T****, men har måttet "låne af en ven".

Han kunne ligeså godt sige:

"Her, I må hjælpe E***, for jeg gider ikke selv bruge mine penge på det."

trump's already calling the boycott of #Tesla illegal

universeodon.com/@cryptadamist…

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ (@cryptadamist@universeodon.com)

Attached: 2 images Trump's language about an "illegal and collusive" boycott of Tesla echoes #DOGE broligarch #MarcAndreessen's language about an "orchestrated advertiser boycott" of #X being a "prosecutable crime".

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