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Since 1998 I've been sending out these reflections first thing each week--one or more quotes plus my thoughts about the intersections and contradictions. They're archived here back to 2002, and a new one is posted every Monday morning. Dialogue is still welcome . . .

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Quote #1263 - #NotFascism

09 Nov, 2026

NOT FASCISM


"It's not just a win, it's a transformation."
Ezra Levin
 
"Either it was fascism, in which case Tuesday ended nothing ... or it wasn't fascism. And that's what the American election is being turned into ... the belief that an American election can do what no election anywhere has ever done, step outside history and beat fascism by itself. The Danes voted and then struck, the Dutch couldn't vote and struck anyway, the Germans voted twice and after that it was duplicating machines and bombs--everywhere it took armies, or decades, or a death in bed."
Tad Stoermer


In November '32 there was an election in Germany
and the Nazis lost.
Hitler was appointed Chancellor despite the will of the people
a few months later--
the next election had stormtroopers
and the resistance was executed--
and there wasn't another election for twelve years.

In Denmark during the occupation
there was an election and Nazis got two percent of the vote.
Nothing changed
until student strikes and disruption.
Then fisherman started ferrying Jews
across the waters to Sweden.

In Amsterdam as soon as the roundups of Jews started
there was one massive protest, crushed in two days,
and the leaders executed.

Trump has elevated Miller to Chief of Staff
to claim his authority--and to let us know
he is not retreating;
he is doing whatever he can to execute
the intended plan.

And our leaders say we don't want to get even.
This is not about getting even.
Where is accountability?
Where are consequences?
How else do we stop the greed--
for both money and power--
that has put this country in the position we are in?

Either it was fascism
and there's still a massive struggle ahead of us
or it was never fascism.

Shellen Lubin
November 9, 2026


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