(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Disney, Dominion Voting Systems, Workers Unions it takes an institution [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-28 It takes an institution, if you don’t have one, build one. Fascism cloaked as conservatism is an institution, and it takes an institution to fight an institution. Conservatives have been honing their tactics for the past four centuries. They have corrupted capitalism and democracy to serve their quest for power, Fox News introduced a communications model that took advantage of the press freedoms guaranteed to all Americans by the constitution of America and turned it into a weapon against Democracy. The poison they spewed spread rapidly as the Capitalist main stream media adopted their tactics to compete for the American audience and its share of the profits they generate. Innocuous platforms like Facebook, Twitter and a host of smaller social media platforms joined the fray under the guise of free speech. Video games designed for entertainment joint the freedom movement by making its content ever more violent and misogynist. Local news outlets began to censor the news electorate had access to by putting up paywalls to protect intellectual copyrights and creators. The Gun industry turned the confusion and paranoia these changes created into a trillion-dollar business by arming the targeted populations many times over. Fascist conservatives use the electoral system to establish safe seats by gerrymandering electoral districts to the point we now have minority rule, and Capitalism loves winners, the movement was recently crowned when a presiding American President was deprived the privilege of appointing a Supreme Court Justice, the loop was closed. In comes the consolidator, the consolidator gathers all the Fascists’ gains and claims them as his own. All the gains from hard fought battles to be able to cut the budget, restrict voting rights, legally deny equal access to others is turned into one man's need for attention. 45* was a bridge too far. The assent of 45* emboldened despots of every stripe, and they leapt upon the scene in every aspect of society. Every opened elected or appointed position in the world now has a despot in contention. The coalition of conservatives and fascist ideologies held together by the quest for power falls apart when it gets power. The recently empowered turn to more extreme cultural wars to peak the emotions of their followers and regain their momentum, but their only remain targets have institutional support. Women, minorities and immigrants were easy prey because they were isolated unto themselves by conservatives targeting. Government Agencies, Corporations, LBGTQ, and pregnant women could not be isolated unto themselves because they are us. Everyone can relate to the agony of the people being targeted in these new movements because everyone was either a member of the targeted group or had a loved one in the target group. States Attorney Generals are defending their electoral process, Corporations are defending their products and services, Government agencies are defending their authority, ideology took on institutions, and they are losing: Dominion Voting Systems beat Fox News and its disinformation campaign George’s Attorney General is defending its electoral system against 45* and his minions DOJ is pursuing 45* for misuse of state secrets Judges are smacking down dishonest and incompetent lawyers FDA is defending its authority Progressives are winning in unprecedented numbers at all levels of government Disney is fighting back against State tyranny Black Lives Matter and George Floyd awakened a complacent majority to injustice Workers Unions are winning organizing battles in unexpected places Ukraine is defeating Vladimir Putin's fascist regime and putting all despots on notice This is a big story and would take a book to do it justice, but we know this story we don’t need a book to tell us what we experience on a daily basis. Let’s build and support institutions that are fighting Fascism. Support candidates who will fight for justice, run for local office, and VOTE in every election at every level of government in your community writ large. *disgraced former president [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/28/2166368/-Disney-Dominion-Voting-Systems-Workers-Unions-it-takes-an-institution Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/