Project 2025: The New Fascist Playbook

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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?
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[@SecondThought]

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[@checkmateliberal8581]

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[@yedder7628]

China

[@talkwith_Lina]

You keep downplaying Christianity's role in current US fascism by trying to pretend it's not real Christianity. Christianity has always been about genocidal Imperialism, read the damn book.

[@nisha7219]

How can organizing itself do anything, if this happens I fear vigilantes are the least of our problems, trumps the same guy who called in the military to stop a protest, if this comes to pass what can we do short of full revolution?

[@eitancodish301]

Why aren't you on Nebula anymore? I like supporting you there.

[@Heikuu338]

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

[@Arkansya]

like it's been in other fascist regimes

[@eitkoml]

Poverty is prosperity, sickness is health, tyranny is freedom.

[@eitkoml]

​@@markbryan9127 It's conservatives who clearly want to implement fascism and have a plan for it. You're also talking about someone who spoke of democracy and fiscal responsibility then proceeded to destroy the value of a vote, set up the cascade of recessions that have occured, massively raise income inequality, and massively raise the budget deficit.

[@illuminoti8525]

@@eitkoml this ain't 1984 bro

[@eitkoml]

@@illuminoti8525 I think it is like in 1984. I've been told about how the US is so prosperous and how well I'm doing when I am barely getting by, I've been told that my health is better than in any other time and how good my overpriced and shit-quality healthcare is in the US, and I have been told about how there is so much freedom for me when I deal with oppressive and exploitative employers, oppressive and exploitative landlords, and a government that does not represent me in any way. There is also out of control surveillance by tech corporations.

[@sherryobar5750]

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

[@nankypooh655]

AMEN!

[@wesleywyndam-pryce5305]

the left needs to stop quoting r@cists and sl@vers i think.

[@minestar2247]

@@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 true, but the reason they quote them is to convince non leftists

[@DriedJizzSock]

​@@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 Their ideals are less than favorable yes, but like....aren't these the same people who started your country?

[@rdj2695]

​@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 the right needs to stop quoting fascists and nazis

[@qymaen-jai-sheelal]

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

[@jokomo8327]

Hitler? Ur a clown

[@Villosa64]

😭😭

[@ferred3056]

Project 2025 will save the USA

[@sarge691]

Bro that game is so fun until you realize it is happening in real life right fucking now

[@blakejacobs3527]

I know, right. We're already to the point of prosecuting political opponents.

[@elwen8525]

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

[@Behavioralresearcher]

It is okay, better now than never. Only if people wake up there is a chance to turn things around although it won't be easy 😢

[@WomenSense1]

I believe it was by design like everything else in the country l.

[@Behavioralresearcher]

@@elwen8525 they deleted all the messages from those who tried to warn others. That stopped thank God.

[@maotse-tung4438]

its great more people are finding out about this, but its still alarming most americans have never heard of this. we NEED to push this in as many peoples faces as possible

[@davidmenasco5743]

People who saw Reagan go from literal laughing stock to president, have seen this pseudo-Christian right wing movement slowly taking over the country ever since. The truth is, they want to take your paycheck, and then distract you by also making condoms illegal (or vice versa). While we're busy fighting to get condoms back, they'll be keeping our paychecks and using them to put a few more stories on top of their mega-yachts.

[@bigjerome-wz4uo]

"If capitalism is allowed to survive, we will not." >fades into sponsor 💀😭😭

[@damienbeltran5198]

shi had me dead 🤣

[@paulieteezo]

Pathetic

[@dynnalarrieux9835]

It sucks but we have to be able to survive to talk about the hard truths.

[@bigjerome-wz4uo]

@@dynnalarrieux9835 lil bro I'm pretty sure it's not gonna kill him to just not have a sponsor in the video 😭

[@wasd____]

@@bigjerome-wz4uo No, but not being able to eat or pay rent will kill the ability to keep creating videos long-term.

[@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!

[@user-te5po4bu8o]

Psh, they should leave if THEY don’t like it.

[@ryshow9118]

They really do hate it here though...😂

[@mikesanders2308]

They have all the money, let them go somewhere else, and let us make this country a more perfect union.

[@briggy4359]

Sort out your immigration papers and I'll pay for the plane ticket!

[@IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous]

To leave is to admit defeat and let them take over. The solution is to never back down and fight till the end. Hopefully, it won't come to a physical, violent and militarized fight (more than it already is) but we've got to be prepared to fight for what we believe in a 1000x stronger than they do or they will win. The Nazis lost not because they were helplessly incompetent (though incompetence makes a foe more easily defeated) but because they were met with resistance once we realized what they were, what goals they had and what they were capable of. Let's resist conservative, fascist and neo-liberal capitalist politicians before they have destroyed everything we stand for.

[@Justanotherpokespepfp]

As a European watching this all happen, it’s horrifying. Absolutely horrifying. From a deeply flawed democracy to a fascist regime

[@Portuguese_boy86]

We are lucky we're in Europe

[@balistowo]

You know, that's how much of the rest of the world looked at Germany in 1933. From a deeply flawed democracy to a fascist regime starting WW2. Not to mention the immense power the USA still has... JT was so right with the analogy it's horrifying. Especially having queer friends over there in the US, this hits different - I've already offered a trans gal shelter for when she's able to flee as I'm pretty sure she will have to..

[@Kghn9]

@@Portuguese_boy86 Europe's gonna turn out like this too

[@Portuguese_boy86]

@@Kghn9 not it's not

[@heatherontop]

@@Portuguese_boy86i mean, to be fair, the usa IS the strongest country in the world and many european countries are in NASA so if project 2025 DOES happen, this won’t just affect the USA, this will affect the world.

[@sleepypajamas2544]

So if mentioning lgbtq is porn, does that mean mentioning anything straight is also porn?

[@tinypanda2218]

I guess not.

[@pqtonsi]

if homosexuality is porn then heterosexuality is porn, thing is though they forget that sexuality is attraction, not physical stuff 😭😭

[@nod4eight945]

Actually, anyone wanting to discuss anything sexual with kids is wrong. The so-called "don't say gay" bill restricts discussing heterosexuality with kids too.

[@sleepypajamas2544]

@@nod4eight945 didn't know that. I read it but I guess I didn't see that part, kinda wish the name of the bill was worded differently though. Thanks for giving me new information.

[@NearPanther92]

Of course not! that goes against radical conservatism like DeSantis has. Who by the way would have 100% started Project 2025 if he got elected in 2024 if he didn't drop out and endorse Trump

[@treqrs]

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

[@arich20]

This got a "HAH - oh boy" out of me

[@truetech4158]

Let a catholic move in, but after that he stole and things and then threatened to arson the house, and you should see his bipolar delusional footstomping mom running yet another cash fraud on paper. Vote for an atheist next instead.

[@truetech4158]

​@@arich20it's like telling skitzo affective narcissists that they are only dealing with half a deck, as they say you will burn in hell for all eternity for not having a real invisible friend like they say they do.

[@LeakyTrees]

Allowing libertarians to LARP as anything other than conservatives is too

[@LeakyTrees]

@@ijon-y4549 ew, a libertarian.

[@djangokill65]

"Fascism is capitalism in decay." Buckle up, y'all!

[@larryrobinson08]

Can’t continue capitalism without growth!

[@larryrobinson08]

So… is all the destruction in Ukraine, and Gaza, intentional?

[@CyberspacedLoner]

Which Conservative and Libertarian Billionaires bankroll the Trump MAGA Movement ?!

[@Zoki4444]

I'd say fascism is the final form of capitalism.

[@arnold-ho8kh]

"i don't know what I'm talking about" Buckle up, y'all!

[@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.

[@Ann25429]

Fr. Woke basically just means aware of social injustices. Like, it's a bad thing? I got like 50 pages in and had to stop reading after seeing "the Great Awokening" 5 or 6 times.

[@OfficialToxicCat]

Black person here. It was used as a word to spread awareness about racism and prejudice the black community was going through hence the term "stay woke" now it's a dumb buzzword. 🫠

[@JulianRaymond-no9jc]

Right. They just use it as a synonym for what they think is communism, hence why they scream “woke liberals!” to everyone they hate lol

[@Infamous-El-Guapo]

Woke is for people who believe in equity I believe in equality please learn the difference

[@RegWho]

Lornes Forge - Wouldn't be surprised if the word was coined by rightwingers. It carries the most weight and seems to resonate with them as "degenerate pedophiles after my kids". Does the left need a word that designates someone "not homophobic, not racist"? I work on the assumption my fellow earthling is sane, rational and decent, only when they show themselves to be racists, homophobes or similarly deranged does the neccesity for those words come into play.

[@flamu9183]

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?

[@Baccanaso]

You're making way too many assumptions and blackpilling yourself. The US is nothing compared to Monarchies and Empires that survived millenia in the past. Just because you're currently alive to see it doesn't mean it will be perpetual, especially given the "culture" the US wants to consolidate spearheaded by their major coastal cities and to the rest of the world (which is already being resisted).

[@flamu9183]

@@Baccanaso Past monarchies and empires may have had greater size, or even military strength relative to the world. Have any of those monarchies or empires ever had the space infrastructure that the U.S. has? Have any of them ever been linked to every other country on the planet, as the U.S. is? Have any of them ever had the military reach that the U.S. has? You're also forgetting about Russia, which would presumably be an ally of Trump's America.

[@rrmackay]

America is already fascist and has been for decades, the combination of government and corporations started long ago and has endured through every president in your lifetime. The idiocy that fascism is only coming from 1 party in America is so deeply ignorant I just can't continue.

[@Baccanaso]

​@@flamu9183 you're forgetting that the US benefits from technological advancements that have been pushed since the middle ages. Had the Roman Empire for example existed today or even the Greek City States they would be much more cruel than America and would make them mericans seem like saints. Also since the Iron Age or Classical Age China was always the center power of the world until the brits knocked on their door.

[@flamu9183]

@@rrmackay Except that's not even fascism. You have described an oligarchy. Fascism has only one party or dictator. Fascism is also very nationalistic, whereas global corporations are, well, global. "Fascism" doesn't just mean "bad thing," it means a nationalist, authoritarian, political movement with one central dictator or ruling party. Don't call me "deeply ignorant" when you don't even know the definition of the thing you're talking about.

[@Blake.Spider]

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

[@Raso719]

Right? Are least The Imperium expanded industry snd kept the space lanes running.

[@noone-os5pj]

The God emperor is a fuckin preserved corpse and he's still more competent than trump

[@opossumboyo]

I oppose the corpse-emperor, no matter what color of throne they rest upon!

[@StoriTella20]

A man of culture I see

[@antonywerner1893]

The emperor Protects

[@Enkiaswad]

As a Swiss person, I am always perplexed how some Americans see their constitution like a holy text that shouldn't change. Here we vote several times a year on laws and policies directly and changes to the constitution happen often, it's normal 😅

[@oreiller4184]

French here, and indeed I find it baffling how the American constitution is like the fucking USA Bible. People and cultures change, so it's plain logical that laws and constitutions would change too ?? Except when you worship a country apparently, which is absolutely insane tbh, how does that even happen ???

[@mebeingU2]

The US has amended the constitution. They don’t do it often as it takes leadership, courage and bipartisanship. Three items the US is in short supply of at the federal government level.

[@innocentnemesis3519]

I’d personally love to see the second amendment go. 😭🙏🏻🕊

[@isitnotwrittenthat1680]

Ah, but the US is "special" which is to say some dumbass pushed in the collective soft spot on the national babies head and called it "patriotism"

[@braija]

Americans in general seems to believe in the infallibility of ancient texts.

[@attilauf]

This is why we ALL need to get out and VOTE. If youre old enough, please get registered and vote.

[@Stuff857]

Dont walk run productions, Inflation "reduction" act explained

[@Stuff857]

Dont walk run productions, Biden gas gimmicks

[@bizarreride]

he's not a democrat and he's against voting in presidential elections

[@FOGGYlama123]

Trump 2024

[@demodiums7216]

​@@Stuff857congrats.....you watch one of the dumbest, weaseliest youtubers

[@megdoe6482]

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

[@thatponybro6940]

Conservitaves: "We have returned governarence to the people." The people: *start doing copius amounts of left wing stuff* Conservitaves: "Wait, you weren't supposed to do that."

[@SPAnComCat]

Reactionary Hypocrisy in a Nutshell.

[@loreleiofthemist]

*conservatives 🙂

[@SPAnComCat]

@@loreleiofthemist Similar thing. Although, they Fell Under the Same Category. But I Digress. 🤷

[@The-Devils-Advocate]

@@SPAnComCatthey were just correcting the spelling of thatponybro

[@SPAnComCat]

@@The-Devils-Advocate Oh, Right... My Mistake.

[@ripleyfuriosa5701]

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

[@twinphalanx4465]

Hehe we always were, part of the crew m8ty, you just generally get to pick some of the statistics you're a part of

[@sceneshootergirl88]

hey at least i matter =D

[@ClareHehe]

same :

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

Hopefully you'll be on the immigration statistic

[@27chaptersoflife60]

me too friend, me too

[@CaseohsCEO]

This is not America anymore....

[@user-hs7ht2df2w]

Convicts.

[@SilentTears-xn4mg]

Yes The LGBT, crime ridden streets, people who want to teach sodomy in American schools, and more are true American values that we upheld as a nation for 200 years (none of this was a major thing in society until the sexual revolution and are often recent developments).

[@NearPanther92]

@@SilentTears-xn4mg This is clearly saying that the United States was founded as a Christian nation meant to be maintained as Christian. Which is completely contradictory to the constitution

[@SilentTears-xn4mg]

@@NearPanther92 the founders wanted the nation to have a moral and religious populace and didnt care about the religion (im not even a Christian), and they definitely weren’t modern day liberals so don’t try to back project the normalization of your degenerate behaviors back to them as even as deists they upheld natural law theories and insanely conservative values. They literally had people castrated and put to death over LGBT, and more. Don’t start pulling up the founders who are men who would’ve likely hated you.

[@SilentTears-xn4mg]

@@NearPanther92 the idea that the founding documents when read contextually would entail a rejection of natural law theories (which all of the founding fathers affirmed), virtue ethics, and more and instead affirm utilitarian liberalism and hedonism as you suggest is simply unfounded. I’m not even a Christian.

[@maxweII_demon]

If this goes through, i'll simply die. i'm 16, i can't do anything. i'm afraid.

[@TheRatsintheWalls]

Start getting informed. Read everything you can get your hands on, and start looking into local groups. You'll be old enough to formally participate before things completely fall apart.

[@catHORSE]

Don’t do that

[@Kilometer-nz5yj]

We both chose the wrong time to be born buddy, I’m also cooked💀

[@tinkerbellcoco_8274]

Im in the same boat buddy. We gotta hope to get some form of foreign citizenship. Maybe because our whole life is ahead of us our potential to the workforce is enough to get accepted.

[@fenderblue9485]

We need you to defend freedom and rights and get involved!! Don't just sit back and watch our world crumble.

[@BakuganBrawler211]

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%.

[@user-xq2ls5ib5b]

He moved more coke than scar face with ollie north to fund and illegal war in South America brought it in on military helecopters and flooded the inner cities lowers cost fueling the crack epidemic while running the war on drugs to fund his doners the private prision idustrial complex he raided the social security trust fund to pay for tax cuts for the rich ran up the national debt 186% not even Bush or Trump could beat that

[@liftedspirit984]

It's rough out there:/

[@TheNeoVid]

Even scarier is that Reagan would be a RINO by today's standards. As soon as Fox News plays the clip of him saying "The border should be open both ways" he'd get kicked out of the party.

[@user-xq2ls5ib5b]

@@TheNeoVid he gave 12 million amnesty

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

I have taken to calling Reagan “The Perpetual Enemy of History” It is very accurate.

[@enough1494]

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

[@BigShotSyndicalist]

It's quite known that giving Power all to One Person Is humanity greatest mistake

[@enough1494]

Not really? In the USA 2/3 are morons, asleep, dead? I truly don’t know which…immature? Swimming backwards in the denial river? Too much Bud? Fentanyl ? Too much internet? Indifference? @@BigShotSyndicalist

[@calinrothnie8912]

Ever read agenda 2020

[@enough1494]

Hahaha which one? Hahahaha@@calinrothnie8912

[@theodraws5599]

especially if its trump

[@IcyPixel17]

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.

[@Abugs-e3q]

Yuppp

[@BigSmokes123]

i looked it up and i dont see anything about making christianity the only legal religion. i dont see how that would work anyways isnt forcing others to believe not true belief?

[@discokids8273]

If that’s true then as an American citizen, UK is looking a lot better

[@mjg2038]

If Trump gets in and implements project 2025, there will be no Constitution! Because their plan goes against the very foundation of the Constitution.

[@xonus1487]

@@BigSmokes123almost like he was lying, hmm

[@CanPlat]

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

[@Carrot_attacker88]

I feel like all countries will have to keep a close eye on America. This is very scary

[@lordMartiya]

On one hand, I'm happy that here in Europe there isn't the demented hatred for Socialism you can find in the US. On the other, Giorgia Meloni.

[@OhioMan1854]

Globalization is destroying culture around the globe and replacing it with a culture that is American Eventually it won't matter

[@lorenzolazzaris8950]

Her ideology is kinda similar, without the fake libertarian anti government stuff. A fascist is still a fascist after all, regardless of aesthetics.

[@temstem9895]

Because its so evil to oppose immigration. If you want to be a socialist, go live in a dingy eastern apartment and ration your family dinner

[@stupidvideoman3187]

@@temstem9895it’s absolutely disgusting to oppose immigration if it is caused by your own country supporting or directly helping in the imperialist wars which cause these people to migrate which is what’s happening with Europe now after the war in the Middle East.

[@bobbafett1849]

​@@stupidvideoman3187thank you

[@hugaflower]

First, I want to say how ecstatic I am that someone else is calling this Project 2025 out for what it is! It is actually frightening, but explains why some Republicans are not allowing our government to work. I pretty much love all of your investigative journalism! Thank you for the work you do!

[@FacileAndBored]

Even if the spineless corporate liberal party wins, it isn't in the material interest of capital for government to function. It aids the propaganda line of "government does stuff bad".

[@ItsCoreyLynxxYall]

@@VVayVVard There is no restore of balance when people's human rights are shredded. The US is still considerably right wing anyways. The left has had no real power here if that's what you're trying to suggest. Only someone with immense privilege would be able to reach such a mindless conclusion.

[@x3r0h0ur]

lija Miller did one a few weeks ago that was very good. first I'd heard of it.

[@LunaBoo12]

Leeja Miller's video was great, and Mike Figuredo from the Humanist Report also did an excellent video about it. We need to get the word out about this scary nonsense!

[@tony_5156]

Assuming this government run by a old fool I’m not surprised

[@xaviermartinez6089]

I would recommend every single one of us post this video in our social media and make people aware of PROJECT 2025. Most people I have mentioned it they have no idea what it is.

[@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

[@inspectordesigns]

You nailed it. I’m a Christian and believe in the God of the Bible. Our leaders are so far from believing “in God we trust.” I think they put it on our money as a joke, because I’m pretty sure that alone is paradoxical… I believe Jesus would so flip that table.

[@wendychavez5150]

I can assure you that the god they trust, is not the same God we trust (Christian p.o.v)

[@GrandRho]

All I can say is go back and read the book Revelation, what John the Baptist writes is what is unfolding right now! I will not conform to this world!

[@Daniel-wr7yh]

Bible god literally outlined the genocide of Canaan. Jesus (who never claimed to be God) was a doomsday prophet whose predictions were proven wrong by the passage of time. He did, however, seem to believe that those who did not conform would not simply be killed but instead tortured in perpetuity. Let go of your magical thinking as to protect yourself from manipulation. There's a reason that American fascists appeal to Christianity and it's because they are readily compatible.

[@Daniel-wr7yh]

​@@wendychavez5150Both 'gods' are a reflection of your and your culture's will. You do not have better reasons for believing in chill Jesus than they have for believing in border control Jesus and, in fact, I would argue there are better reasons to believe a monotheistic god would be evil (or at best indifferent) given the suffering that is synonymous with living.

[@Daniel-wr7yh]

​@@GrandRhoJohn the Baptist did not write Revelations. Current scholarship refers to the author as John the Revelator as to distinguish him from the other New Testament Johns.

[@ericburns469]

I’ll say it again. Too many rational people “don’t want to cause a stir”. We need some rational irrationality…

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

That's not a rational stance to take. "Don't want to cause a stir" roughly translates to "this is not important enough to care about". And when it comes to politics, every topic to be discussed is important.

[@Theomite]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 No, sometimes "don't want to cause a stir" means "don't want to get r*ped and unalived in Guantanamo Bay for dissenting too visibly."

[@joeanthony7759]

@@dontmisunderstand6041People are scared to act up/speak out. Some are indifferent. Soon enough we’ll all be made to pick a side.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@Theomite That's equally insane and stupid. It means you already believe that there's no value in the existence of any life, including and especially your own. So when would you be afraid of dying at that point?

[@lukesmith8896]

MLK said that the white man would prefer a 'negative peace' over progress; I think that's even more relevant today.

[@dwightanderson8331]

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

[@ArchYeomans]

It is fascism 100%

[@NoExperienceRequired]

The recent Supreme Court decision on Trump’s immunity shows us that this plan is well on its way to being executed successfully.

[@__europa]

But have you not considered that the prosecution of trump was just MAYBE a political attack from biden and the democratic party? There are lots of hypocrisy from either side, especially when it comes to the topic of "fascism"

[@seantaylor8114]

Implying that Ben Franklin wasn't the biggest frat boy of them all is hilarious

[@RevShifty]

Thomas Paine was the only Founder I've ever cared about beyond a passing interest in American mythology. I read his "Rights of Man" as a young teenager, and it almost immediately changed the way I viewed politics and freedom from that point forward.

[@nobody4248]

​@@RevShiftyThomas Paine was one of the most based liberals

[@xXluluchanelXx]

@@RevShifty reading Common Sense was when I finally stopped being a lazy lib and started waking up to real leftist issues, ironically

[@rhumal]

@@RevShifty Paine was so based the rest of the plutocrat founders drove him out of the country lol

[@krystalneko4094]

​​@@rhumalthey also left him to die in France while he was serving as the US ambassador during their revolution, the revolutionaries didn't believe him when he showed up and he was sentenced to execution, he only survived because the chaotic bureaucratic shuffling of the time got the execution scheduling lost and iirc eventually someone back home who was Paine's friend used his pull in government to force them to send another delegation to get him out.

[@purplehaze2358]

This was probably one of the most anxiety-inducing viewing experiences I've ever had.

[@andrewreynolds912]

As an american gen z socialist I completely agree its why I'm moving to the EU for a better life

[@gqfiend]

@@andrewreynolds912don't abandon us just yet please.

[@gqfiend]

I feel awful as I watch this.

[@anmolt3840051]

@@andrewreynolds912 The EU won't be far behind the US. It is also neoliberal after all

[@mimiru69]

​@@andrewreynolds912 When you flee, you leave behind your brothers and sisters who cannot. The working class either sticks together, or we all watch our country fall to fascism.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

I'm here after the supreme Court ruling and it's looking a lot more like reality now.

[@brenta2634]

Project 2025 wasn't a plan, it was an announcement. The people are the only remaining defense of liberty and voting won't cut it. Organize and march.

[@ArchYeomans]

It is scary. We may be facing collapse.

[@brenta2634]

@@ArchYeomans You underestimate the fasc. Don't.

[@Carrot_attacker88]

What happens now? I'm not even American and it's got me scared

[@TheDZHEX]

"if capitalism is allowed to survive, we will not" well... capitalism needs to be regulated, but I doubt it has to be eradicated. There should be a move towards democratic/coop capitalism. Then... we'll see.

[@Kevin-oj2uo]

I thank God every day that Elon Musk is not a born US citizen so he can't be president.

[@iluvpandas2755]

Bezos is

[@michaelballiro1092]

But Cenk Uygar can run?

[@tkimble8165]

He can, through the conservative/republican mandate and control government

[@josealfonsocontretas5724]

Guess you've never heard Bill Gates say, "why would I limit myself by being president".

[@Azulakayes]

South Africans sure don't want him to run even though he was born there.

[@fennwenn3317]

I already knew about this playbook, but an awful realization just hit me. Not only do we have to fend the Republicans off this election season or risk a dictatorship seizing the country, but this is going to be the case every Presidential election from here on out. We need our own long-term plan for beating off this wave of fascism, before it takes root and strangles us all.

[@CraigKeidel]

Please do not literally beat off waves of fascists

[@arich20]

​​@@CraigKeidel😂 I mean I don't know.... Maybe they would calm tf down a little bit 🙃 😏

[@CraigKeidel]

@@arich20 🧐 You might be on to something

[@arich20]

@@CraigKeidel I've finally figured out why they call us "the Left" 💪💪💪💪💪

[@baha3alshamari152]

You are feeding fascism vicious cycle by allowing elites and lobbyists to get away with bs especially the military complex love of wars worldwide which makes both Democrats and Republicans two faces of the same coin

[@AllThingsFilm1]

This is heart breaking. One of my own relatives is on the list of consultants for this manifesto. I know I'm one of the few liberals in my family, but I did not see this coming. I'm tempted to buy the document so I can read it in full.

[@davidrich27]

“A once-in-a-lifetime election season” Unless you’re older than 4.

[@BearCavalryWasTaken]

Is the GOP seriously trying to knock us back to the Gilded age?

[@borginburkes1819]

Yeah.

[@TOOL_MARKS]

YES, ABSOLUTELY. I have thought out this scenario many time and I have come to the same conclusion - THIS is EXACTLY what they want.

[@brianmcdonald6735]

We are already there wealth inequality is worse than then.

[@lazerbeam134]

They want to send us back to the stone age lol

[@sioul8485]

were already there….

[@emilymcplugger]

When I was growing up I wondered how a country like Germany could go SO bad. THIS is how. Those at the top…THEY go bad, those that should be better (or so we’re told). Business Religion Media Politics They don’t fight against it as they see it as a tool to retain power and that love of power corrupts them completely.

[@user-be6fo4vy9y]

Власть какого класса?

[@remy2718]

As a German, it has at times honestly been shocking to learn about the political system in the US. It's insane how powerful the president is. After WW2, we restructured our system by limiting the powers of the chancellor and president, and setting up checks and balances in a more effective way. It's not as simple as leaders going bad and everyone else just following along; how the system was set up played a major role. We had checks and balances back then, but once he got in power, Hitler was able to bypass those, or even disable them entirely.

[@RevShifty]

@@remy2718 In the US, we really should've been paying more attention to the way Germany handled and restructured things after everything from WW2 started settling down. Most especially after the wall fell. Better late than never, I guess. Here's hoping, anyway.

[@remy2718]

@@someblackguy7371 here's the thing though: Hitler did do things by the book. He was abusing his power. He didn't just go "fuck the rules", he saw weak points within the system and used them to dismantle democracy - all within his right, given his position of power. I'm not saying the system we have today is perfect, or that laws alone will be enough to deter awful, power hungry people. But a solid system that can't easily be abused or manipulated sure beats giving way too much power to one single person, and simply hoping that person doesn't turn out to be a fascist

[@clement28300yip]

Nah it's more how Germans in 1930s did not give a shit about democracy, just like a major portion of the American populace right now.

[@realkangaroocafevietnam]

Thanks for this from a new Aussie subscriber who's lived very happily in Viet Nam for over 25 years.

[@eray9934]

Just learned about this. Man, this is all coming into place with this week’s Supreme Court rulings. WTF.

[@Leggiebeans]

“Conservatives don’t really like rules, especially rules that protect the environment and poor people.” Very succinctly said.

[@hbb348]

Y’all hate us so much you just call us facists. How bout you criticize our ideas instead of just screaming facist.

[@ketchupmaster1145]

You have a very 2d view of what conservatives are. They aren’t Disney villains, they’re people like you and me who just happen to disagree on how to save the world and maybe you should try to understand them before you insult them.

[@hbb348]

@@ketchupmaster1145 Very well said

[@Leggiebeans]

@@ketchupmaster1145 I was born into an extremely conservative family, went to a conservative school and church, and my first husband’s family was conservative to the max. I think I know what I’m talking about.

[@calebramsey1131]

Neither side cares about the poor. You’ve been steered into one sided views

[@roemischer]

Having read "Mein Kampf"(obviously for [research] purposes), and now skimming over project 2025, it is scary how [similar] the linguistic means and expressions are. History truly does repeat it self. Edit 1: I changed "much" to "similar", since it was obviously the wrong word. I don't know why I had written it. Edit 2: I changed "educational" to "research", since it indicated that I was aligning myself with the book’s ideology.

[@sblbb929]

You clearly didn't read it then

[@roemischer]

@@sblbb929 Elaborate please. Which of the two books, or however you want to call them, have I clearly not read?

[@knuckles543]

@@roemischer the one stuck in his asshole, that doesn't exist you are bang on in your assessment, btw

[@AdamWood-dx7xm]

Are you using a different format of english, like British spelling? I am asking out of curiosity because I’ve always known it to be “similar” with one “m”.

[@roemischer]

@@AdamWood-dx7xm Nah, just misspelled it. Englisch isn't my mother tongue.

[@federicodemartin2510]

More than anything, I'm terrified by the underlying irony and sarcasm in the videos covering these topics... The more the story develops, the less it makes me laugh. And I'm not even American...

[@user-bz9of6tn6l]

I am American, and I'm goddamn terrified.

[@sarahk5033]

And now look at what the Supreme Court just did this past week… p2025 is already in actions

[@kundalini0]

let's check back here in 3 years to see how it turns out when Trump is elected

[@Nemo12417]

I'd note that there might be a darker reason why Project 2025 doesn't list the religious credentials of its contributors: plausible deniability to normies who aren't religious themselves.

[@Theomite]

If those credentials could be doxxed far and wide, it might do some damage.

[@WizardOfWor]

@@Theomite They'll be exposed eventually.

[@ChrisHilgenberg]

​@@Theomitedoxxed and hacked. Surprised the Heritage Foundation hasn't been infiltrated yet or had a major cyber hack. Imagine the list of donors and contributors being widely known.

[@Theomite]

@@WizardOfWor Exposure doesn't do any good if it's too late.

[@AYVYN]

You have to be Christian/Catholic to become President. No point in omitting their religion unless the contributors are neither.

[@alvinlee2478]

Insane that we went from finding solutions to reforming capitalism in America to fighting for our lives against the largest attempt of a fascist takeover since Germany from 1933-1945.

[@feministadentata4041]

Serbian-dominated Yugoslavia would like a word... ;)

[@BingusDingusLingus]

😢. For real. It’s sad what’s hapening, please vote and share this this is the second video I’ve seen on the subject.

[@josefk7437]

Fascists are gradually and quietly taking over Germany again. The AfD is a really scary party and they are the fastest growing. Young people are becoming more right wing there.

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

​@@BingusDingusLingusDon't just vote.

[@Iofhoracemaat]

It was the reforming of. capitalism that caused the Reganite backlash. It is in the nature of the rich and powerful to want absolute control without any interference from the hoi polloi. This is an eternal struggle that requires eternal vigilance. Note that the rich and powerful constant strughle for more always bring their respective societies to eventual ruin. Mankind needs new feasable political perspectives other than rule by elites which has never worked since recorded history.

[@Hstevenson69]

So the answer is to form rival tribal groups and hope everything works out? We're so fucked.......

[@yolandavolcy3450]

Now what, leave? All i can think of is to leave 😔

[@Poopydingleberry]

Vote

[@MatthewPatel-hx4ci]

*Leave*

[@kaiyah597]

right its bout to be 1950s all over again😭😭

[@heyyspring]

youtube.com/@danecalloway?si=lj8tD3OuGyun6aK-

[@Carrot_attacker88]

Vote and leave, America is not lost yet

[@plastictouch6796]

We really gotta spread knowledge of this everywhere. I'm surprised more people aren't talking about this. It's legitimately terrifying.

[@31darkstar37]

The only ones talking about are well known left wing channels.

[@sentientnatalie]

If MSM ever touches on it, it's very lightly. The Dems are utterly complicit in this, a critical mass of the party is perfectly fine with every bit of Project 2025, because they don't think it will affect them in any meaningful way.

[@lazymass]

well... most people really only take informations from mainstream and mainstream, like it or not is owned by the same poeple not wanting this discussion to exist... there are a lot of poeple talkign about this... but a lot in this case is still quite a minority... others just dont have enoughh info to even come into these conclusions...

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

Everyone talks about the _problems_ we have under liberalism/capitalism. We all see them. The grim part is how everyone diagnoses those problems differently & the absolutely chilling solutions these nerds come up with. They'll do anything except address the actual problem, which is capitalism.

[@talkwith_Lina]

And we need to stop downplaying Christianity's role as if Christianity isn't fascist. These defensive lies of a hateful and genocidal ideology need to stop.

[@Natalie_Milana7]

As someone who is not from USA, I think this goes against basic human rights. I hope this will never be executed!

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Me too. Project 2025 is dangerous to both the US and the world at large.

[@verynice5574]

Don't worry the actual document is just a series of administrative changes which favor the right over the left, so basically what happens whenever power changes hands. It is very scary in imagination land though I agree.

[@altxodorednovember6920]

Same shit, just in a different package.

[@40watt53]

They've already gone against basic human rights like 2 years ago, we're fucked.

[@clovis-]

@@verynice5574you obviously haven’t read the documents..

[@Asherz_Mushrooms]

With the risk of single parents no longer having visiotation with their lids or thek being taken away is terrifying. I dont want to never be able to see my father again because my mother and him divorced :(

[@Chriliman]

“If capitalism survives, we won’t” “now check out this awesome razor product!”

[@archlinus5066]

yes, in an economical system you still need to survive even if you criticize it. this comment is literally "you condemn slavery yet you eat the food your master gives you, curious, i'm so intelligent"

[@TabbyIshProto]

for the algorithm! good luck bringing awareness to this issue, fascism needs to cease

[@genericsomething]

All hail the algorithm!

[@devlinmcguire7543]

But how could we possibly overpower China's fascism with other ideals when it is fundamentally a separationist ideal based in fear? It doesn't seem possible from my perspective. Because physically how would you go about it?

[@tony_5156]

Fascism? Oh bother give me a break

[@PrivateSi]

It's America so no chance. Both the Right and Left are are fascistic as hell en masse. Leftist black shirts vs Rightist gun nuts. My money's on the gun nuts, as an outsider, for obvious reasons. All Libs had to do was properly control immigration and keep the nutters and robbers away from civilised society, but they couldn't even do that and wonder why so many people hate them.

[@mat3271]

@@tony_5156 Facism is evil because it makes people hated

[@user-jj2wf4hy1g]

ameirca is no longer a free country. what happened to freedom of religion? this is so upsetting. the country is falling apart, this is truly evil.

[@thesupersucc4966]

It hasn't been a free country for a long time were run by corporations

[@markusreupload]

I don’t think religion was brought up except for Christianity but go off

[@viaxxl]

happily taking our rights away, doesn’t effect just minorities it affects everyone

[@jamesdeansghost5531]

I wasn't aware it was against the law to go to church in any city in any state in the U.S. Please enlighten everyone.

[@OpenBiolabsGuy]

I agree. Freedom of religion has been twisted into the “freedom” of organized religion to do whatever they want to whomever they want without consequences, interference, or oversight as long as it’s done in the name of Jesus. Other religions get heavy restrictions and ostracism. When other religions enter the chat “freedom of religion” is replaced with “this is a Christian Nation”. If you don’t like the Christian church you’re going to, you can just go to the one across the street. But if you see a place of worship other than Christian, it’s likely to be the only one in the state, and I guarantee you local Christians are working to shut it down by hook or by crook. Real freedom of religion is the freedom to choose what religion you believe or don’t believe. To worship any god you want or no god at all. It’s not, not should it ever be the “freedom” of organized Christianity to rule the world and tell everyone what they have to believe.

[@bernkastel1984]

Fantastic video. Instant follow 👌🏼

[@paulcheek5711]

just like Germany 1939. We can not let this happen America....

[@agapitoliria]

Fascism is born out of fear, and it's indeed a very powerful force. We need it to fight it with hope, not reason only.

[@sblbb929]

So this video strengthens fascism by fear mongering about what is essentially the exact same talking points conservatives had since Reagan.

[@knuckles543]

@@sblbb929 no, moron, that is a feature of fascism, and only fascism can create more fascism, which uses IMAGINARY forces to fearmonger over and this is not not fearmongering because it's actually true and exists (you yourself said this started at Reagan), you can read their PDF of it if you take off your indoctrination goggles and look at it from an outside perspective. this is their attempt at eliminating elections, should they win there will be no more, just the type that russia or north korea has (which is basically just kabuki theatre to maintain legal deniability). do you WANT to be forced to wear certain clothes? do you WANT to be forced to believe exactly like they do, like a hive mind? if so then you're a perfect fit for the possible future ''Confederate Authority of America'' me, i prefer the U.S.A, however much conservatives have sabotaged it

[@UncleAsmos2005]

I'll be a bit of a crazy guy and say fight fear with hate and force. Everywhere. Facists are never going to dissapear unless someone forces them to.

[@stregalilith]

@@sblbb929 Stop knit picking and pay attention.

[@Cock6339]

We need g4ns

[@YuutaTogashi0707]

The US is becoming a dystopia and I wish I could leave I don't where to go though

[@Elytr1]

f o u n d you

[@aganib4506]

I want to relocate too, but I might probably move to South American countries like Panama or Uruguay.

[@zvezda4701]

Always has been

[@glorifiedonion6676]

Run north until you reach the polar bears, they are less likely to kill you

[@ViperPain141]

Switzerland is a very good option. Economic Stability, Low Taxes, World Class Infrastructure, Safety and Security, Good healthcare and work-life balance, etc. the problem is pay and documentation but it’s doable!

[@AniBuggy]

I can’t do anything in life if this happens, my life will be horrible and I will be leaving when I can

[@guy577]

I wish you luck enjoy the outside world

[@XsoloXela1989]

The problem with all these departments, and the appeal of dismantling them, is the idea that these agencies are creating new rules for the people that they are not accountable to.

[@avedic]

I turned 40 this year....born in 83. I distinctly remember the 90s as this weird period where things were just kinda....excellent. Perfect? Of course not. But generally speaking? In between the Cold War ending....and 9/11, the economy got better and better, culture was thriving and people were loving it, and the world was relatively peaceful. Can you poke holes in all those bullet points? Of course. But compared to now? Good lord.... I have this very lucid memory of being about 12....in 1995, in history class, learning about the trials and tribulations of the past and I literally thought to myself: "Man...life now is so BORING. Nothing crazy happens anymore. Things are just...cool." I was jealous of people in the past experiencing monumental upheaval. Now....as an adult in 2023? The phrases "be careful what you wish for" and "may you live in interesting times" feel less like fun fortune cookie messages....and more like dire threats.

[@nottzo]

Im amazed at how much ellipses you managed to fit in one comment

[@SNESpool]

look up the song "I'm Drunk in 1999", you'll appreciate it. Kinda reflects what you're talking about.

[@avedic]

@@OmoshiroiWagunura-op9fy Could not agree more, with all of that. I feel you on every single point you made. What I try to tell myself now is: Your thoughts and beliefs and values and decisions really MATTER now. What you do and say...or don't do and say, matters. Being ignorant or complacent isn't an option (for me). The Putin threat for you, in Germany, must feel real in a way I as an American can't fully comprehend, but I understand it for sure. Meanwhile, here in the US, the current frontrunner in the polls is a man who promises to be dictator on day one and is no longer dog-whistling full on authoritarianism, but is actually just coming right out and saying it. And the majority of voters either want that...or are comfortable enough with it to keep their head down. It's genuinely terrifying. If Trump wins, the overt public protests and unwillingness to yield to America's first ever dictator, will make the 2020 George Floyd protests look like child's play. At least I hope so. Because I suspect that will be the outcome of our election. 😬

[@victorrochagoncalves947]

That is only valid for the first world countrys. The global south generally suffered a lot during this period.

[@jamesm.3829]

Fight club presented the possibility that maybe we are meant for upheavals. Without it, there's nothing.

[@tedb3966]

I get very “whites only” vibes from this

[@gavinault9662]

Yup

[@p.f.h.2146]

Same.

[@Alexander-wq7qo]

Thats where this eventually leads it begins with lgbt, then women, then interracial marriage, then racial equality, then religious mandates. We are currently at the women’s rights state. The thing is Western Christianity uses the great chain of being, which is the root of institutional racism.

[@TheCardboardB_andit33]

Blacks are the one pushing for "People of Color" spaces. Left or right, all leads to the same thing.

[@herpderp3131]

@@Alexander-wq7qo Whats the great chain of being?

[@Cyberlisk]

Imagine a pariah state that doesn't respect international treaties, puts its own interest above all, appoints leaders contrary to what the popular vote suggests and gives them basically the right to break any law without consequences.

[@JpegErza]

i dont think i can afford to move out. im not really sure what to do im worried the regime’s gonna kill me for existing

[@wayneigoe6722]

11:32 "While its a little cliché to compare them to nazis" Hey, if the shoe fits...

[@tardigrademicro]

if it walks like a Nazi, quacks like a Nazi, and looks like a Nazi...

[@solarflare623]

Conservatives: want to uphold the status quo Everyone else: “the status quo is hurting people. We should change it.” Conservatives: dig themselves in instead of admitting their wrong

[@owencooney7178]

Conservatives: even though our intentions are good we want to uphold the bad status quo Leftist Progressives: even though our intentions are good we want to implement a bad plan that will make things worse

[@LordKnightcon]

Liberals want to uphold the status quo. Conservativism is the ideology of radical regression.

[@Blakoss]

Congrats, you figured out what conservatism is. Not like it’s literally in the name or anything…

[@solarflare623]

@@Blakoss oh I already knew exactly what conservatism is long before this

[@grmpEqweer]

These people actually want to take us backwards. I'd say they're reactionaries.

[@marclaguardia3529]

Thank you for framing this in a meaningful way. I live in NYC, and most of my liberal/progressive friends are completely unaware or only peripherally aware of the 2025 Plan, and the potentiality that it really represents. They have no idea that the Heritage Foundation is currently and quite actively vetting and training thousands of loyalist replacement candidates to take Washington on Day 1 of a Trump presidency. It would be as though an army of Stephen Millers laid siege to Washington. Around elections, people like to place outsize importance on divisive issues like trans people in womens’ sports - issues that really are not happening or going to happen at any scale - and, they dig-in and craft a political identity around fringe things like that, that the far right loves to so effectively propagandize. What even well-meaning people who fall into this trap fail to realize is that the next Trump administration, in service to the Heritage Foundation and their MANY influential backers, will not stop at the rights and protections that you so fiercely agree on. Sooner than later, they are coming after the rights and protections that matter to you. And you don’t get to say, at that point, “well, I didn’t think they would go that far. No fair!” Outright cruelty and government control over your life and choices was always the point with this platform. They are the literal antithesis of traditional conservative thinking that aims for smaller government and less interference in your personal lives; like “trickle-down” economics, these ideals have always been carefully crafted pander that bears little relationship to what Republican administrations actually do when in office. The Democrats are far from perfect. Just as with the Republicans, they are in service to capitalism and have also contributed greatly to the wealth divide in America. However, they are not this. Democracy begins its death-spiral, if the form of entrenchment that the 2025 plan represents comes to fruition. It is a 900+ page document and they are telling you exactly who they are. All voters should pay attention and heed the message before it is too late.

[@nankypooh655]

As a Conservative, I want to thank you for pointing out the hypocrisy behind Project 2025 and The Heritage Foundation, particularly concerning building a larger government only loyal to, and only answers to The POTUS! That IS the direct antithesis of what Conservatism is! And for the part about how they'll eventually come after those who were loyal to the program from day one, never forget the warning of Father Niemollar!

[@arklyn]

I just ran across your channel. I really enjoyed your take on this terrifying PROJECT 2025. Very informative.

[@patrickkenneally3016]

We are in scary times right now. We can’t let these wannabe dictators win.

[@bothi00]

we cant let biden win, neither

[@Renegade-kf8fp]

conseratives whining about the great reset is so funny when this was the whole agenda the entire time

[@Blackatchaproduction]

Voting won't stop this

[@Blackatchaproduction]

​@@Renegade-kf8fpat least some conversation actually see the writing on the wall though

[@LilBnu]

​@thibaultloughrey4674 nobody wins, both side's are corrupt, and as long as we keep playing the blame game with two sides of the same coin we'll always lose.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Friendly fascism was The patriot Act Unfriendly fascism is project 2025

[@olivyae3057]

Spot. On.

[@blazetieftw]

Underrated comment.

[@covid45gate11]

What was the rightwing extremist PNAC ?

[@covid45gate11]

One would think after the Iraq war invasion , Afghanistan invasion and September 11th attacks plus not to mention stealing the 2000 election this conservative party would have been finished after all they had complete control of house, Senate and Whitehouse when Iraq, Afghanistan and 9/11 happened .

[@meep2253]

I found my people in this comment thread

[@spocktiberius2456]

While the Constitution does not explicitly mention administrative agencies, it was designed to be a living document which means it can be amended to allow for flexibility to address specific needs or concerns of the times. It also provides for the ability of the government to take the necessary steps to carry out its functions as spelled out in the Document. Therefore, administrative agencies help the government carry out one of its primary functions which is to protect the rights and liberties of the people.

[@chinosplash]

“If capitalism is allowed to survive we will not” followed immediately by an ad for razors 😂

[@DS-tz4lk]

The context is, the declaration of independence starts with ‘we’ the people, and then barely a paragraph later identifies indigenous people as ’ merciless Indian savages’ 😬… such structural contradictions were never going to end well…

[@FOGGYlama123]

We the American people why should the founders care about foreigners

[@brajca]

​@@FOGGYlama123because "we the American people" didn't even fucking exist at the time you were ALL foreigners. The native indians, as their name suggests,were the natives 😭😭

[@looksfineforme9471]

​@@FOGGYlama123the founders were literally foreigners

[@FOGGYlama123]

@@looksfineforme9471 were the founders founders or immigrants When we declared independence Americans were the vast majority of the og 13 colonies having lived there for more than 100 years which ain't a lot those sme families today can say that they've been around here for over 400 years how long must we live here before we are respected the almost nobody is indigenous to there land so is it a time thing or just American hatred No but legit the natives lived outside the United States they were foriegners to us Americans we did not immigrate we conquered this does not make us any different from any other group of people

[@gummyneighborino7217]

​@@FOGGYlama123 no, they werent foreigners, native to the land means native no matter how much you stomp them out, sorry

[@wildfire9280]

It’s a shame we hardly ever remember the last time a “conservative manifesto” made its way into our political system.

[@charlesc3734]

Carl Schmitt? Thatcher? Reagan? Who are you talking about? And is it conservativism or fascism? Can’t be both, fascism is inherently revolutionary which is why its borne out of Italian futurism and the struggle for socialism. The “counter revolution” is in fact a revolution. Conservativism is just liberalism.

[@DennisMoore664]

I often mention how nobody talked about The Project for the New American Century and then the Neo Cons rolled parts of that in the War on Terror when I post about Project 2025.

[@Diaryofannefrankpt2]

​@@DennisMoore664wish more people could see this comment

[@thecalciumnumberfren]

they must’ve found gödels loophole

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Thank you for raising awareness on this

[@princess_celery1217]

as horrible and terrifying as this is, they have done a very good job at getting what they want (which obviously makes it more scary). If you want people to do what you want there are a few simple steps: 1. complement them, tell them they are smart or powerful 2. align what you want with their values and show them how implementing your ideas goes along with their values 3. make it very clear (as in step-by-step instructions) what you want and how it can be done 4. offer to help The heritage foundation and especially through Project 2025 has followed this perfectly and it is terrifying. I wish that people on the left had the time and money to make this kind of concerted, structured effort to get their plans in place. One of the things that always gave me the tiniest sliver of hope was how incompetent Trump is, but with the backing of this sort of clear, no-thinking-required guidance he is more dangerous now then ever.

[@Theomite]

That has little to do with it. The Plan is inherently underhanded and manipulative and most Left-leaning people aren't willing to even THINK in underhanded terms, let alone act on them. I can't tell you how many rolled eyes and dismissive sighs I got from politically active Democratic friends of mine in '16 and '20 when I laid out this kind of shit; they struggle with the very ACT of using their imagination the way their enemy does. They just won't GO there in their heads.

[@drewm9903]

@@Theomite Idk, Democrats have no qualms about using lawfare against Trump. Problem is the Republicans are in such an advantageous position because of the failures of the modern-day Democratic Party who consistently sold out their soul for what little money and power they got and they misused that power just as any Republican today would.

[@aparadox7253]

Love me some Dale Carnige

[@brayanvelez2517]

@@Theomitefacts. if the leftists just borrowed some of the right wing tactics but for their own benefits, they would be a strong pushback contender. however, they think if they just have patience and let the right wingers shoot themselves on the foot, they’ll get their votes. too bad most Americans here (including myself tbh) can’t, won’t, or don’t care. the individuality mentality is ingrained in us. “if this policy wont affect MY life, why would I vote for it?“

[@Theomite]

@@brayanvelez2517 I think it's a holdover from the Civil Rights Movement and Liberalism 1.0: that bigotry and hatred are rooted in ignorance. So if you just maintain a stable, steady, and positive influence, they'll come around. It wasn't really until Trump that the mainstream saw overtly that bigotry and hatred can be rooted in an intelligent and cruel nature. I think Liberals are still trying to get a handle on the idea that some people can know better, not care, and do it anyway. They just can't wrap their heads around it.

[@warrennolan6398]

This was an insightful look into our horrifying future 😐

[@user-be6fo4vy9y]

Может быть настоящее?

[@RevShifty]

@@EKREBORN573 If you're an idiot or a gremlin, maybe. For anyone with more than two brain cells firing, not so much.

[@raptorboss6688]

@@EKREBORN573nuh uh

[@Lucifer6.6.6-v6g]

And to think it’s all Biden and the elites fault. Oh we’re talking about conservatives? Ah, now I see.

[@DMXRUSER]

Probably yes ​@@user-be6fo4vy9y

[@cherhenry62]

There Is No Facism, Its Only Freedom and Independent Will- John Elixis From Lastsieg

[@spocktiberius2456]

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.

[@madahad9]

One of the greatest gifts given to the right-wing extremists was the word "woke". They cannot define it and that's the way the want to keep it. It can be moulded into whatever suits their needs, namely anything that they disagree with or disagrees with them is immediately defined as "woke". I believe it was initially supposed to mean that those crimes going previously unpunished would no longer be ignored or turned a blind eye on. But the Republican machinery reconceptualized it for their own purposes. It has certain Gestapo quality to its twisting of language. We certainly live in fascinating and scary times.

[@illuminoti8525]

here ill define it. Woke is a term generally used by people on the right-wing political isle. It is used to mean anything that is considered "liberal" or "left wing" .

[@jonhall3151]

One thing is certain: "woke" has absolutely nothing to do with being awake.😂

[@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE]

Woke is what you'll never be, go back to sleep. Sheeple

[@stregalilith]

co-opting the language is a common tactic; don't be distracted by such minutia, pay attention to what this guy is saying and you'll get a good overview of what's going on. Knowledge is power.

[@nswmeeuwes89]

Something that is woke is trying to cater to any audience that is considered "oppressed" in some way. This ranges from women to PoC to lgbtq. Generally the idea is that white men suck, while everyone else has some form of virtue. It's very noticeable in many types of entertainment and honestly only making the problem worse: "You like hulk? Well here's the girl version she's much better at everything and she can control her anger, because being a woman is the most difficult thing ever. Also the villain of the story is litterally all the Hulk fans. " That's one of many examples and anyone into Hulk will feel insulted, which pushes them further into the arms of the fascists. I'm very much on the left of the political spectrum, but I think trying to understand where they're coming from, rather than trying to "gotcha" them, is a better way forward. Especially since what is actually meant by the term woke is pretty obvious. Some people take it too far, but those are on our side as well.

[@Beta_Mixes]

6:04 I might be completely wrong in this, but if my memory doesn't fail me, this second promise is literally what Senator Armstrong wanted to do in Metal Gear Rising

[@thesupersucc4966]

If armstrong was real I'd vote for him immediately

[@liamwinchesterchasten2229]

What is Metal Gear Rising?

[@thesupersucc4966]

@@liamwinchesterchasten2229 a video game

[@greencat3800]

💀

[@Apc7th]

Dude this sounds great. Is this a promotional video?

[@AndreaMartinez-qu1be]

I see that everything they acuss the "other side" of being and doing is an exact projection of who they truly are.

[@DerArvel]

As a German, Project 2025 sounds more like Project 1933…

[@Theomite]

A lot of us have been saying that for years, even before Project 2025 was written.

[@AmethystDraws.]

as I watched this I looked at colleges in Luxemburg because I’m getting dual citizenship there, and if project 2025 happens I’m dipping out

[@solo_driven]

Europe is not a great place to go, consider Australia, New Zealand or Canada. Being close to Russia is not a good idea

[@usernamelastname7741]

Cool. Luxembourg is an interesting but very small country

[@vapx0075]

@@solo_driven No houses in Australia. Bring your tent.

[@Villosa64]

@@solo_driven did dude just say canada 🤣🤣

[@solo_driven]

@@Villosa64 Yeah crisis and stuff but ... idk is it that bad?

[@purple811]

We've passed the point of "allegedly" fascist when talking about this project. It fills the criteria of fascism to a T

[@YetiGx]

How could one idealize the founding fathers but go against the basic principle of checks & balances.

[@aaronmaas22]

Unitary Executive Theory is more fair to the poor. People can afford to buy off one politician, but they can't buy off 1000.

[@TCGEricAnon]

The script writing for the intro to this video was exceptional. Whoever on your team wrote that, give them a raise.

[@SecondThought]

I’ll take the credit for that one myself actually, thanks for your kind words 😁

[@TCGEricAnon]

@@SecondThought give yourself a raise homeslice

[@nottzo]

The whole video’s writing was honestly great. Bro has good humour

[@XR.EGTheRising_BLAM]

It always leads back to a gut feeling of pessimism. There is so much to overcome, and a combatant at every step. Even the parties that are supposedly “for the people “ seem to complacent to actually do anything meaningful for the people, the average people who are drowning

[@TerribleTom113]

I know how you feel. How the hell are we supposed to stand up against this? It's utterly overwhelming, but I can't not try. I have to try. Right now I'm just trying to focus on my own family. Most of them support Trump, and I have to get them to see. To understand who and what they're supporting and where that road leads. It's infuriating and overwhelming and terrifying, but we have to try. You, and me, and the other good people who see through the lies and see the threat for what it is. We have to try.

[@dequariusvence8389]

.... I came for info and this man says we won't pay $35 and actually read it

[@robertkuciewicz8408]

Outstanding work. Thank you for your time and deciphering the 900+ pages.

[@thelastofusrodah932]

I was over at my dad's house the other day helping with some household chores. He lives in a very rural area of a very red state. At the end of the day we went to one of the nearby country bars. It's the kind of place that farmers, truckers, and the working class go to unwind. Biden was on the TV and the local gun store owner said, "You know what? He ain't so bad. The economy is recovering, nobody's rioting, and we're standing up on the world stage again. Can't believe I'm sayin this but Ol' Joe's got my vote next election" I looked around and all I saw were heads nodding in agreement. I even heard a few calls of 'yessir' and 'damn straight' from the men around me

[@DennisMoore664]

I really hope that happens. The nonsense from Trump and the MAGA crowd is grade-A gaslighting and it makes me crazy how often it doesn't sound like more people see through it all.

[@triceratops7084]

"rising on the world"=Fcking Imperialism.At least Trump didn't start any wars,Biden signed off a massive war with russia that could have been avoidedand a genocide in gaza

[@NeonBeeCat]

​@@DennisMoore664if this is true i have some hope for the good men of the south.

[@ADaniBear]

Because old joe is a dem but closer to the centrist type of democrat

[@cryptochat313]

there is hope!

[@nebulakula5410]

it’s already happening, Murfreesboro Tennessee just banned LGBTQ+ expression :/

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

Fascism has returned. Be careful Americans

[@TrumpDoesntWipe]

Tennessee also wants to make child marriage legal.

[@ayadhyist]

@@TrumpDoesntWipeNot surprised.

[@ItsCoreyLynxxYall]

@@TrumpDoesntWipe Love your name on here 😄

[@calebgarland2756]

I love Tennessee

[@abdiqaniahmad]

"LITTERALLY THE ONLY BLACK REPUBLICAN" LOL 😂😂😂😂