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Learning about anti-fascism from fiction
Young revolutionary Karis Nemik tells Cassian Andor, "The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it, and that is the real trick of the Imperial Thought Machine. It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident."
A quote from Star Wars: Andor has been ringing through my skull since the second Trump regime began its blitzkrieg against everything from trans folks and education to workplace safety standards and children's cancer research. Young revolutionary Karis Nemik tells Cassian Andor, "The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it, and that is the real trick of the Imperial Thought Machine.
It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident." That's exactly what's going on in the world right now.
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