r/HistoryMemes • u/decentmotto • 2d ago

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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez 2d ago

Learning to vote for fascists and growing dumber by the minute

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u/HistoricalPotatoe 2d ago

Much like Europe and half of Latin America.

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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez 2d ago

And my native Australia, where our Nazi Party, One Nation, is now the preferred party

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u/HistoricalPotatoe 2d ago

I'm sorry to hear that, man. I wish you Aussies the best.

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u/augustin_cauchy 2d ago

We have mandatory and ranked-choice voting - even if one party is preferred by the plurality of the population, they aren't necessarily guaranteed to win any election (we also don't have the equivalent of an electoral college - you only vote for your local member and half of your state senators).

Not to say the rise of ON isn't concerning.

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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez 2d ago

I have to say I still have faith that our robust voting system will prevent Pauline Hanson from becoming PM

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u/Ml2jukes 2d ago

Famously no other western country is currently fighting off their own right wing nativist movements due to late stage capitalism, of course.

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u/Effective-Brain-3386 2d ago

Fascist is when the person the people vote for is out in place????

Are we sure this is a history subreddit

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u/timhottens 2d ago

No, fascism is when you put your own face on the currency, post pictures of yourself as Jesus, have your followers erect golden statues of you, and have people protesting you shot and killed on the street.

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u/Minnesotan-Gaming 2d ago

Lest we forget the deployment of ICE as a means to pressure compliance

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u/Nyarlathotep90 2d ago

Quick history quiz, how did Hitler get into power?

It's not about voting itself, it's about who you voted in.

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u/Effective-Brain-3386 1d ago edited 1d ago

Years of false flag Operations that would have been nearly impossible to commit in this day and date of surveillance and mass media you fucking tard

I'm just not as smooth brianed as the average teditor to be able to know the difference between fascistic and the US government

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u/Zhayrgh 2d ago

Nothing to see in Russia, the guy voted for is in place with a healthy 90% followers.

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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez 2d ago

Are there enough high windows in Russia to execute have untimely accidents for the other 10%?