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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[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours 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 2 hours 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 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours 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 2 hours 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 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 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.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago

This. Shit needs a warning, very unintuitive.

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

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 1 points 1 hour ago

I can't find any documentation describing the purpose of each field, but here's what I reckon the situation is:

'URL' and 'Image' are fields for the main content of a post (which is why you can only actually specify one).

'Thumbnail URL', on the other hand, is a field for providing additional data for nicely displaying the post.

In Lemmy, the way an image specified in 'Image' or 'Thumbnail URL' is actually displayed is the same, but I suspect the two fields could be displayed differently in some other Fediverse application.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

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

From a quick scroll through your post history:

[–] tomatosametomato@piefed.zip -2 points 1 hour 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.