solarbird | Fascism Watch for 28 February, 2023 (Reply)

Florida State Republican Senator Blaise Ingoglia wants to “cancel,” by which he means “disband,” the Democratic Party. He’s filed a bill to that effect.

And I do mean that literally, as in the Democratic Party in the state would be deregistered, and all voter party registrations would be revoked. A new party could be formed with a “substantially different” name from “any party previously registered,” and it would have to file as a party no less than six months before an election.

Since the bill would take effect July 1, 2023, that means _no_ new party could register for elections in 2023, making Florida a one-party state.

This is fascism.

In not at all related news, Florida Governor DeSantis refuses to condemn street Nazi harassment of Jews, so the Volusia County sheriff has stepped up. It’s extra spicy, too. Good for him.

In other not at all related news, DeSantis’s education bill – HB 999 – would impose massive state censorship on education through university, and would sanction any programmes or campus activities that “expouse diversity, equity, and inclusion.” Those words are literally in the bill. That’s literally a quote.

And it’s fascism.

I’ve sure you’ve heard, so I’m being light on coverage here, but Elon Musk went into full defense of Dilbert Man’s racist/segregationist rant. He deleted his tweets eventually, but then kind of double down, and supported Dilbert Man’s “blame the media” bullshit. (Here’s WaPo’s full article if you have a subscription.)

Musk is also continuing to amplify Russian propaganda. He won’t stop, I mean – that’s the whole point. Turn Twitter into a far-right disinformation and propaganda fountain and hope that makes it profitable. That’s why Twitter has to fail, and why everyone should leave it in order to help make that happen.

One of the better comments I’ve seen on Musk and Musk Twitter is this post originally on YouTube but echoed to Mastodon since there wasn’t a direct way to link it; it’s worth a read.

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