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hopefulme2.bsky.social @hopefulme2.bsky.social

Henry A. Wallace was President Franklyn D. Roosevelt’s Vice President during WWII, 1941-1945. More from Hannah Arendt and a meme someone put together from an interview with Timothy Snyder, author of “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.”

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power. They claim to be patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective, toward which all their deceit is directed, is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection. HENRY A. WALLACE It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice. (Henry A. Wallace) Ixquotes.com Michelle Glickstein... 4h Stop listening to the lies IF YOU WANT TO RIP THE HEART OUT OF A DEMOCRACY, YOU GO AFTER FACTS. THAT'S WHAT MODERN AUTHORITARIANS DO. STEP 1: YOU LIE. ALL THE TIME. STEP 2: YOU SAY IT'S YOUR OPPONENTS AND THE JOURNALISTS WHO LIE. STEP 3: EVERYONE LOOKS AROUND AND SAYS,
aug 10, 2025, 7:53 am • 16 8

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An old FOOL @oldguy243.bsky.social

Excellent post illustrating the current conditions in the U.S. The Gingrich principal, that the lie becomes more believable than truth and now people of the U.S. do not believe anything. Result, total self destruction. What will the next few months bring?

aug 10, 2025, 7:20 pm • 2 1 • view
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hopefulme2.bsky.social @hopefulme2.bsky.social

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aug 10, 2025, 8:33 am • 5 2 • view
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tomcinillinois @tjdcrny.bsky.social

Wallace was behind Pioneer seed corn and helped feed the postwar world with new hybrids. Of course, in the long run, the hybrids create new problems, but one step at a time.

aug 10, 2025, 9:26 am • 1 0 • view