In other words, the paradigm of democracy is that all of us are capable of both wise self-governance and self-rationalized misgovernance, and each of us has a useful perspective to contribute. The fascist paradigm is that we can't be trusted to rule ourselves, and only the people who are born with "good blood" are capable of directing our lives:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/20/big-cornflakes-energy/#caliper-pilled
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Cory Doctorow
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