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560 points whatsupdog | 1 comments | 08 Sep 25 11:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.331s | source

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perihelions ◴[08 Sep 25 11:48 UTC] No.45167153[source]▶

Hard-earned freedoms are wasted on societies who don't have memories of what it took to earn them. Freedom is a ratchet: slides easily and frictionlessly one way, and offers immense resistance in the other.

This is all so disheartening.

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andrepd ◴[08 Sep 25 14:27 UTC] No.45168737[source]▶

>>45167153 #

Even the memories are no antidote. In the Philippines the memory of Marcos didn't stop autocrats from rising to power. Even in Europe, countries with relatively recent memories of autocracy and fascism, such as Portugal and Spain, have far-right parties with >20% seats in Parliament, just like in France or Germany.

What is to be done?

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1. 1234letshaveatw ◴[08 Sep 25 14:51 UTC] No.45169066[source]▶

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celebrate?

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