Thales to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 days agoAt least I didn't vote for a fascistsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1725arrow-down1imageAt least I didn't vote for a fascistsh.itjust.worksThales to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@wheezy@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•8 days agoThey are potentially allies. But they are also just as likely to be the ones left when “there was no one left to speak out for me”. That’s literally the point of that famous poem. It’s about watching and doing nothing as Fascism targets each group they don’t belong. It doesn’t start with “first they came for the Liberals” it starts with “first they came for the communist”.
minus-square@Quadhammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•edit-26 hours agoThey’re coming for both of them dummy while you sit here and argue about ideological purity
minus-square@wheezy@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•5 hours agoTalking about allies vs. people that will do nothing and watch as their neighbors are taken is not “ideological purity”. It’s just reality.
They are potentially allies. But they are also just as likely to be the ones left when “there was no one left to speak out for me”.
That’s literally the point of that famous poem. It’s about watching and doing nothing as Fascism targets each group they don’t belong.
It doesn’t start with “first they came for the Liberals” it starts with “first they came for the communist”.
They’re coming for both of them dummy while you sit here and argue about ideological purity
Talking about allies vs. people that will do nothing and watch as their neighbors are taken is not “ideological purity”. It’s just reality.