"An exhilarated hatred now parades as freedom, while the freedoms for which many of us have struggled for decades are distorted and trammeled as morally repressive 'wokeism'. ... It is a communal and contagious celebration of cruelty."
~ Judith Butler
#Musk#Trump #fascism #cruelty #hate#humanity #mercy #resistance
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/06/trump-sadism-judith-butler
"Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.”
~ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
#Musk#Trump #fascism #cruelty #hate#humanity #mercy #resistance
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https://www.headsupnews.org/p/civil-society-is-coming-to-the-rescue
What Jay Kuo says here, 100%:
"Folks, a gentle reminder.
When there are important court filings and victories, it does no one any good to chime in with, 'Yeah, but too late' or 'They won’t abide by the court order anyway.'”
As Jay says, this response capitulates in advance and it gratifies strongmen sorts who count on our cynicism so they can win.
#Musk#Trump #fascism #cruelty #hate#humanity #mercy #resistance
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@jaykuo
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/can-musk-be-stopped/comment/91310996
“Today, right now, right here, is the easiest moment to draw the line against Donald Trump. Every day from here, it will get harder — the politics more inevitable, the destruction more irreversible, the sheer waste more costly, the downstream impacts on American life and the world beyond more catastrophic. The challenge is that fact has also been true every day for the last nine years.”
~ Garrett Graff
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