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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social

This absolutely. The crash of 2008 broke the system and fascism and many other dark forces flooded through the cracks.

aug 26, 2025, 8:18 am • 50 11

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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social

Also, the Left warned of this at the time. Understanding that financial crisis in the 1920s led to fascism in the 1930s, the Left warned policy makers not to make ordinary people pay for the crisis. Instead, the system was bailed out and we got more than a decade of austerity.

aug 26, 2025, 12:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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redross49.bsky.social @redross49.bsky.social

and the people who broke it not only got away with it, they got richer.

aug 26, 2025, 11:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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ivovi4.bsky.social @ivovi4.bsky.social

Few illegal wars helped.

aug 26, 2025, 12:57 pm • 0 0 • view