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RainCaster

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32. Public disclosure

Fri Jan 24, 2025, 10:34 PM

Jan 2025

Yes, it took military victory to end WW2. But what changed the world view of Germany and Japan was a worldwide show of their awful actions.
Publicize all the details of everything the GOP is doing. While they have no shame now, that will change as the world pushes back on their actions. Mexico is refusing immigrant flights, soon our security services will find themselves isolated. It will take time, but the world will react.

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What brings the demise of fascist rule, historically speaking? [View all] milestogo Jan 2025 OP

revolution or war. lapfog_1 Jan 2025 #1

defeat in war DBoon Jan 2025 #6

Ruzza 1917.. WW1 and revolution. The military would not obey the ruling class/party... nt mitch96 Jan 2025 #25

A whole of death and suffering...... Lovie777 Jan 2025 #2

I can't give the response here but it begins with a word from a famous quote about lawyers: "First, ... Jit423 Jan 2025 #3

sometimes the elderly leader dies, and the nation becomes a normal country again DBoon Jan 2025 #4

Yes, also the deaths of Stalin and Mao brought some relief to millions of people despite this two countries Dave Bowman Jan 2025 #11

I used to live in Spain before 1975, and that is exactly right. DFW Jan 2025 #42

Violence, and lots of it. BannonsLiver Jan 2025 #5

As Mao said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun".. Thats one way to get rid of a dictator...nt mitch96 Jan 2025 #27

Death....first the innocent, then the inconvenient... Moostache Jan 2025 #7

I saw a quote this week: Fascism never ends without violence. milestogo Jan 2025 #9

Fascists authoritarians seldom go willingly, getting rid of them is usually bloody. sop Jan 2025 #8

Dead fascists struggle4progress Jan 2025 #10

Hanging from the ankles in the town square was a nice exclamation point. bluesbassman Jan 2025 #18

Yup Solly Mack Jan 2025 #37

Stopping it before it stops us. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #12

Crushing, annihilating, and totally vanquishing their gluttonous ambitions to expand and conquer. magicarpet Jan 2025 #13

Timothy Snyder identifies a major weakness in "On Tyranny"-- no easy way to replace the leader jmbar2 Jan 2025 #14

Vance does not have the following that Trump has and I don't think he would if he were milestogo Jan 2025 #15

Once the "strong man" is weakened or gone, I'm hoping it will open space for Republicans who want to break away jmbar2 Jan 2025 #24

Usually losing a war if aggression.... JT45242 Jan 2025 #16

Fascists almost always involved their countries in aggressive expansionary wars Prairie Gates Jan 2025 #17

Franco survived because of the Cold War Kaleva Jan 2025 #30

Fight Fire With Fire MauiPepe Jan 2025 #19

Assad is gone. moondust Jan 2025 #20

There have been two that stood out canetoad Jan 2025 #21

Give him a couple months. milestogo Jan 2025 #23

Usually only by military defeat. Crunchy Frog Jan 2025 #22

In this case? When folks are shitting radioactive isotopes. harumph Jan 2025 #26

Decay. H2O Man Jan 2025 #28

Killing them Kaleva Jan 2025 #29

Kicking them off the airwaves. Initech Jan 2025 #31

Public disclosure RainCaster Jan 2025 #32

You can vote your way into fascism, but you're going to have to shoot your way out. Efilroft Sul Jan 2025 #33

Now that's a bumper sticker. TommyT139 Jan 2025 #34

People voted their way into the Third Reich. milestogo Jan 2025 #43

War, specifically WWII iemanja Jan 2025 #35

Closure is achieved by a good public hanging or a quick dispatch a la Ceausescu dalton99a Jan 2025 #36

It isn't pretty Hekate Jan 2025 #38

Trump is acting as if he has been given bad news about his health delisen Jan 2025 #39

Probably World War 2.1 LudwigPastorius Jan 2025 #40

Dresden, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, etc. keep_left Jan 2025 #41

The US is an odd one due to the size. JanMichael Jan 2025 #44