this is the thing with fascists. their spite driven voting will not stop just because they’re suffering, just so long as people they hate are also suffering. telling fascists their actions will have consequences will not dissuade them from taking those actions. it’s more valuable to explain how systems that stand against fascism will benefit them. tell them the left wants to pay them money to buy groceries, tell them the left wants to increase their take home pay, tell them the left wants to give them freedoms and power against their bosses they don’t have.

fascists understand the system to be a zero sum game. they think the left wants to take from them and give it to others. they don’t understand the left wants wipe the slate clean and remove the game from the table, replacing the game with food and drink.

you can’t move them off their spot by telling them fascism is a scam. they know it’s a scam. but it’s the scam they know and their propaganda streams are telling them the left has an even worse scam. i know it’s scary, and we’ll never move everyone off their spot, but we have to wake people up. as someone who was woken up, these were the strategies that worked for me