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I will tell you that fascism/not-fascism is very often decided at the ballot-box. Most fascists win some elections before taking power totally. The thing is that "Fascism vs. not-fascism" is a pretty fucking miserable thing to have to decide at the ballot-box, even if the correct choice is obvious - we must work elsewhere than the ballot box so that the next election we have is "Not-fascism vs. Not-fascism"
Fucking what.
I'm saying the elections follow, they don't lead. If you're in a political environment where roughly half the electorate is clamoring for naked fascism, you've already been boiling the proverbial frog for awhile. Electing the "lesser fascist" is not going to change the zeitgeist. Sorry if I was too obtuse previously, but we already in fascism. Yes, things can (and will) get worse, but this election will have minimal relative effect on that.
Jesus Christ.
Fucking A, look around you.