@shy #106381
Yeah. My country (Belgium) may not have an alt-right, fascist problem per se (though such people of course still exist here), but just the idea that such maniacs are growing in power worldwide frightens me significantly. Especially in the USA, France, & Germany. I mean, what’s worse than a genocidal, racist, opressive, maniacial fascist? A genocidal, racist, opressive, maniacial fascist with the law and military supporting them. And that was pretty much the definition of “Donald Trump” for 4 years. Seeing that PoS gaining “absolute” power was like seeing the Emperor rise to power in Revenge of the Sith. It’s supposed to be fiction, not reality!!! Dammnit!
Thing is, I really don’t want to lower myself to the fascists level by inhumanizing them and taking away their rights, I really don’t. But sometimes it feels like the only way left to stop them from destroying us all (*). If we don’t stop it in time, I fear the right will bring omnipotent dictators to power, and the the left will counter with their own omnipotent dictators (because what else can they do anymore), and then everybody else will be caught in the (nuclear) crossfire…
And that’s not even talking about the theorcratic extremist nutjobs pouring extra fuel on the fires…
Dammnit, why do people always have to choose between omnipotent evil and impotent good?
(*)Is using evil to stop evil by itself evil? That is a huge moral dilemma I ask myself all the time. I don’t want to take away anyone’s freedom, but seeing how some maniacs abuse said freedom to take away the freedoms of others…