Apathy is a poor turn of phrase for a fascist takeover.
I don’t think it is, fascism always rears its ugly head when the general public becomes apathetic about their government’s leadership. It’s dependent on people being fed up over political stagnation, offering people easy and decisive solutions for complicated problems.
ICE doesn’t seem apathetic. The military doesn’t seem apathetic. Silicon Valley doesn’t seem apathetic. Wall Street doesn’t seem apathetic. The billionaire class is engaged and has financed an enormous army of brownshirts to flatten dissent.
Ice is filled with losers who are apathetic about not being handed some fantasy version of a trad life they think they deserve for simply existing.
The military is honestly probably more apathetic about their current situation in Iran and current leadership than they’ve been prob since Vietnam.
Really the only people who aren’t apathetic are the billionaires, who will prob become a little apathetic once their AI bubble burst.
Meanwhile, people are fighting and dying on the streets. Parades of people march in opposition. Blossoming networks of activists inform on and undermine the state. Lone wolves even take pot shots at the President.
Like what, less than one percent of the country? When people are speaking of the mood of the country, they typically aren’t specifying the outliers. Most Americans are just upset with trump about gas prices.
It depends on what part of the timeline you are evaluating. Apathy is the environment that allows fascism to take root, and fascist promising to dispel apathy is how they secure their power base.
Hitler’s rise in power happened after years of apathy following the German defeat in WW1. Yes, there were socialist and fascist outliers fighting in the streets of Berlin. However the vast majority of the population were center right and apathetic about the bureaucratic nature of the Reichstag.
Apathy is the environment that allows fascism to take root
That’s simply not true. Liberalism thrives under apathy. But when locals become active and begin to resist liberal rules, the fascists operate as a political counter to popular leftism.
Whether it’s Franco’s Spain or Pinochet’s Chile or Park’s Korea, fascism is a social tool to mobilize a population against itself at the height of unrest.
Hitler’s rise in power happened after years of apathy
Hitler came to power amidst decades of riots, strikes, and mass migrations.
Nothing about Germany in the 1920s was apathetic except the failing Hindenburg government. The people were in the streets - for good or ill - nearly constantly.
I don’t think it is, fascism always rears its ugly head when the general public becomes apathetic about their government’s leadership. It’s dependent on people being fed up over political stagnation, offering people easy and decisive solutions for complicated problems.
Ice is filled with losers who are apathetic about not being handed some fantasy version of a trad life they think they deserve for simply existing.
The military is honestly probably more apathetic about their current situation in Iran and current leadership than they’ve been prob since Vietnam.
Really the only people who aren’t apathetic are the billionaires, who will prob become a little apathetic once their AI bubble burst.
Like what, less than one percent of the country? When people are speaking of the mood of the country, they typically aren’t specifying the outliers. Most Americans are just upset with trump about gas prices.
Historically, it’s reared it’s head when people were the most energized
It depends on what part of the timeline you are evaluating. Apathy is the environment that allows fascism to take root, and fascist promising to dispel apathy is how they secure their power base.
Hitler’s rise in power happened after years of apathy following the German defeat in WW1. Yes, there were socialist and fascist outliers fighting in the streets of Berlin. However the vast majority of the population were center right and apathetic about the bureaucratic nature of the Reichstag.
That’s simply not true. Liberalism thrives under apathy. But when locals become active and begin to resist liberal rules, the fascists operate as a political counter to popular leftism.
Whether it’s Franco’s Spain or Pinochet’s Chile or Park’s Korea, fascism is a social tool to mobilize a population against itself at the height of unrest.
Hitler came to power amidst decades of riots, strikes, and mass migrations.
Nothing about Germany in the 1920s was apathetic except the failing Hindenburg government. The people were in the streets - for good or ill - nearly constantly.