Also consider NKVD and how in Stalin's USSR the enormous (real) trust Soviet state and revolutionary ideology had were spent on violence that weakened and poisoned the skeleton of that project before WWII fractured it. And then basically till USSR's end it was mimicking its own alternative self that didn't transpire because of repressions and war.

If you have a mechanism that doesn't work right, repeatedly hitting it with a heavy object is the least likely approach to succeed.

Approval of violence is that.

Also see Lao-Tzu, "one who excels in fighting is never roused in anger".

Thanks for this.

Fascism by Eco includes lack of principle, that is, it's an ideology without form, except for traits that result from lack of form, like violence and hierarchy, but also approval of competitiveness (in the form of backstabbing among others), collectivism and self-sacrifice.

What I mean is - maybe the picture will feel too fascist for your taste, if you meditate on it for some time without reading comments. It suggests a fascist (without any "maybe") approach.

I live in Ohio and wear it regularly, though I’m getting more nervous about it as the days go on.

But fuck it.

Fuck yes. I just got a sticker from Punk With A Camera that says:

"I don't argue with people who John Brown would have shot"

Thought it was one of theirs.

What are you talking about "stooping to their level"? We literally shot Nazis on-sight because they were such a threat.

Just because violence isn't graceful, doesn't mean it's not necessary to end a threat to humanity. Sometimes it's the moral thing to do. Some people are simply too dangerous to allow their existence.