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atyh | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Not what I was suggesting.
It’s good to have people who aren’t going to go the Fascist route thinking about combatting the communist flavor of collectivism. And many underestimate just how fast people will go that way under pressure.
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JeremyCady | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 One item that I believe John Birch does get correct is their spectrum of freedom and government.

I'll see I can find it.

Fascism isn't the opposite of communism. It's a step or two away from it.

Going to fascism doesn't combat communism, it brings us closer.
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atyh | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes. 😆
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JeremyCady | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 https://image.nostr.build/1dbee48df61a5cdb4d9985980500646ae848b3db7a4c4eed9784d283995433b6.jpg
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atyh | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 thank you the colorful chart 📊 🤓

since your heart and intent are really good, this is what I meant:

Adolf Hitler described an event he was present at, where he saw a coming destruction wave of communism. He crafted his reactionary world view in response to it, to combat it. But wound up becoming just as bad if not worse.
I see this same tendency emerging now on the edges , so I am glad to see people thinking in different directions.
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JeremyCady | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 > Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

Ronald Reagan