Post #2469403

2026-05-12 08:08 UTC

&quot;The revival of fascism in this century has been scarily effective, and at times it can feel unstoppable. Meadows&#39; work on systems thinking provides an explanation for that efficacy – and suggests a theory of change for dispatching fascism back to the graveyard of history.&quot; &quot;the real fight we have is over that paradigm: we have to convince our neighbors that they are smart enough to rule themselves, and so are we, and so is everyone else.&quot; https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/12/donella-meadows/ HT @pluralistic

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@ingridglomp@literatur.social 2026-05-12 08:11

"We have to convince them[our neighbors] that even the smartest and wisest person (including us, including them) is capable of folly and needs to have checks on their (our) authority." "We have to insist that...omnipotence is always omnidestructive in the long run." https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/12/donella-meadows/

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@yama@girlcock.club 2026-05-12 08:33

@ingridglomp@literatur.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr Dont think thats gonna work everyone. In my country, the problem is exactly that the people generally tend to be narcissistic as hell, especially in rural areas. You cant ever convince them of anything because "they know best themselves" as they continue to vote against their interests. Not to mention the rampant corruption, we are amongst the worst in the EU for that matter... And thats while overlooking the fact that a lot of theese idiots LIKE fascism. They like the

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@yama@girlcock.club 2026-05-12 08:33

@ingridglomp@literatur.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr violence. They like the brutalism They enjoy the "tough guy politics" For a lot of them its already too late

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