Project 2025: The New Fascist Playbook

You've probably heard there's a new conservative manifesto gaining steam among the far-right. What exactly is Project 2025, and why is it so dangerous?

Project 2025: The New Fascist Playbook – Second Thought

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[Heikuu]

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” -Sinclair Lewis

[sherryobar]

"When the people fear the government, there is TYRANNY;
When the government fears the people, there is LIBERTY."
-Thomas Jefferson

[BrenMurphy]

“The forest was shrinking but the Trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.”

[elwen]

It’s crazy how people are only finding out about this now

[quorrafromtron]

The conservative argument "if you don't like it here, leave" is starting to look pretty tempting for me... 😐

Edit: I don't actually want to leave the country, because I truly believe we can make things better before it's too late. Please keep that in mind when you reply. Thanks!

[treqrs]

Allowing conservatives to LARP as libertarians is one of the biggest mistakes humanity has ever made

[CanPlat]

As a German all of this sounds very familiar to me…

[CheknoEternity]

“Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion,
which is always a deadly mix. Beware those who claim to know the mind of God and who are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform. Beware those who cannot tell God's will
from their own."
-Barbara Brown Taylor

[qymaen-jai-sheelal]

At this point, we're playing the biggest game of Secret Hitler.

[Blake.Spider]

Calling Trump the god emporer is insulting to the imperium of mankind

[Lorn_Forge]

"Woke" isn't even really a word, its just a blanket term conservatives use to describe people that support things they don't like. If you ask a conservative to define woke 80% of them will give you a half assed answer and try to change the subject.

[flamu]

The most terrifying aspect of this, to me, is how powerful the United States is. The Third Reich, Mussolini's Italy, and Francoist Spain never had the sheer power that the United States has. Hitler and Mussolini, as well as their goons, could be annihilated by the Allies in a matter of half a decade.

Nearly all autocratic monarchies have died out from within, as they lacked effective means of enforcing their power. The British Royal Family gradually lost its power, the Romanovs got shot, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette got sliced, etc. Francoist Spain's fascism gradually dwindled out of existence after Franco's death.

To externally topple a fascist America, nothing short of the entire world would be necessary. It seems that internally, most Americans are already demoralized by rampant corporatism and technology, so I believe that very few Americans would care enough to stop it before it's too late. Assuming Trump wins and maintains his relationship with Russia, who knows how long we'd be living in the GOP's custom hell scape for?

[bigjerome-wzuo]

"If capitalism is allowed to survive, we will not."
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[ripleyfuriosa]

After reviewing my options, I'm convinved my fate is to end up as a statistic in a history book...

[megdoe]

Kinda crazy how they introduced this to the public and it’s still a threat, like they didn’t even try to hide it

[dwightanderson]

If it sounds like fascism, they talk like fascists, it looks like fascism. They may be fascists.

[enough]

I just finished reading the Project 2025. Most won’t read it. Giving one men that much power IS THE DEATH OF US ALL!

[BakuganBrawler]

I’m glad the people are finally waking up as a whole to how bad Reagan was for our country especially for anybody who isn’t in the top 5%.

[spocktiberius]

As a Christian, I try to live by the guidelines and principles outlined in the Bible and encourage and support others to do the same, but I am against criminalizing and restricting people who do not share to my POV. Doing so will only widen the gap between us rather than bringing us closer together. It is easier to win people over to your side by modeling what’s good and desirable about your position, rather than demonizing and pointing out what is wrong with theirs.

[IcyPixel]

I heard that the 2025 project included its focus on Christianity, by making other religions either illegal or wiped out. What scares me the most is that this violates the First amendment, and that there could be away to get around its boundaries.