Varoufakis argues global elites are following a “blueprint for the revival of fascism”, one he imagines dictators Mussolini, Hitler and Franco might have written “had [they] gotten together in 1945”.

He told the audience the modern “manual” starts by attacking crony capitalism, big business and financial elite — views traditionally associated with the political left – before turning against democratic institutions such as public broadcasters and universities.

https://thepoint.com.au/news/260312-varoufakis-fascism-is-darkening-our-doorsteps

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[–] tomatosametomato@piefed.zip 0 points 11 minutes ago

How is what's happennig today fashism? Why history bros think everything has happened already? Speed of information was never this fast... Todays problems are new actually, why can't they accept?

Before you say "hey it's a warning/analogy", the dude used the word blueprint. It's literal.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Should there be a link?

EDIT: Found it https://thepoint.com.au/news/260312-varoufakis-fascism-is-darkening-our-doorsteps

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Oh sorry, thank you for that. I always use the web address in the URL space but sometimes I forget to include it in the Main body section. I'll put it up now so people can access it from there as well as your comment.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

The URL - i.e. where you go when you click the post title when you have the comments open - looks to just point to the header image, not to the article.

EDIT: Actually, I think the URL probably is empty, because there's no domain shown under the title.

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 3 points 35 minutes ago (2 children)

That's strange. I did put the address in the URL space and then saved the image separately because it did not come up automatically as this set up does with articles from such as The Guardian and The Conversation. If I make this mistake again please let me know.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 3 points 25 minutes ago* (last edited 23 minutes ago) (1 children)

I think 'Image' overrides 'URL' (i.e. your post can be a link, or it can be an image, not both). I think what you'll want to do is use the 'Thumbnail URL' field instead.

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 2 points 15 minutes ago

Thank you. I'll use the Thumbnail URL. Can you explain to me the difference? I am not very tech-savvy.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 points 30 minutes ago

Yeah, I think this has happened with a number of your posts.

From a quick scroll through your post history: