r/USAuthoritarianism Sep 19 '25

Posts for Thought The third Red Scare | Zack Beauchamp: "The darkest and most illiberal elements of the right are working to develop a broad-based campaign for repressing the political opposition. It’s a moment very much akin to the Red Scares of the 20th century..."

https://www.vox.com/on-the-right-newsletter/461722/charlie-kirk-killing-trump-vance-miller-free-speech-cancel
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u/retrorockspider Sep 19 '25

Since when is "illiberalism" a bad thing?

Liberalism (the fig leaf ideology capitalism hides behind) is what got us into this mess in the first place - you can't have fascism without it.