So my country has been taken over by fascists. You may have heard about it. I hate them. I hate feeling powerless. So I’m going to do the only thing I feel I can do: write about it.

Now, I want to break down what drives them, and that’s projection. The things that these American Nazis claim to hate in marginalized groups is really a reflection of them and how they see and interact with the world around them. The groups they hate don’t do the things the fascists say they do, but those fascists do those things. They think that if LGBTQ+ folks, BIPOC people, and women of all races get their hands on power, those folks will think and act like fascists and ruling class capitalists do. The non-rich fascists also project their hopes and dreams onto billionaires, thinking, “One day, that will be me.”

(I don’t have any relevant fun images for this post, and I don’t want to give people like Elon Musk extra SEO for their images, so here’s Grogu/Baby Yoda.)

Here are some more concrete examples of what I’m talking about:

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