The problem with fascism is that it is very difficult to campaign against it before it arrives, because you just sound hysterical.
And it is even more difficult to campaign against it after it arrives, because… well… you know. The fascism.
But also, The Ad Council was really great at spending small fortunes on pithy ads. Really terrible at actually organizing community groups in defiance of any of these policies. Like, it was a cornerstone of the Bush Era brand of non-partisan liberalism. It operated under the theory “If we just tell people there’s a problem then they’ll figure out the solution”. And the leadership was so deep in bed with the federal government that messaging failed to do more than echo the views of the prevailing administration.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Poor guy, shouldn’t have asked for books on