# History [I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.](https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-researched-every-attempt-to-stop) - "And here's the part that breaks your heart. Violence works. For them. Fascists use violence while claiming to be victims. They create chaos that "requires" their authoritarian solution. Then they purge anyone who opposes them. Meanwhile, democrats keep insisting on following rules that fascists completely ignore..." - "We're past normal. The fascists already won round one. They control the institutions. They have their judges. They have their media ecosystem. They have their army of true believers who will excuse anything..." - **Actionable Proposed Solutions**: The Blue State Coalition, Selective Compliance, Secession, International Intervention # An Elected Official Runs on Money [How to (Legally) Hit Politicians Where It Hurts](https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/how-to-legally-hit-politicians-where) # James Talarico Sermon Against Christian Nationalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blph_2RSBno - "There is nothing Christian about Christian Nationalism. It is the worship of power, social power, economic power, political power in the name of Christ." - "Jesus includes. Christian Nationalism excludes. Jesus liberates, Christian Nationalism controls. Jesus saves, Christian Nationalism kills. Jesus started a universal movement based on mutual love. Christian Nationalism is a sectarian movement based on mutual hate. Jesus came to transform the world, Christian Nationalism is here to maintain the status quo. They have co-opted the Son of God, they have turned this humble Rabbi into a gun-toting, gay-bashing, science-denying, money-loving, fear-mongering fascist. And it is incumbent upon all Christians to confront and denounce it." - "...the powers that be have been taming Christianity, domesticating it, diluting it into something more palatable: pro-war, pro-wealth, pro-white supremacy. That original countercultural movement became a tranquilized, privatized, weaponized religion. The official sponsor of Western Civilization. A religion of sharing became a religion of greed. A religion of peace became a religion of violence. A religion of forgiveness became a religion of judgement. A religion of ego transformation became a religion of ego affirmation." - "True strength is vulnerability. True status is equality. True wealth is sharing. And we as Christians are called to realize that kingdom 'on earth as it is in heaven,' not but force, by but faith. Jesus asked us to have the faith of a mustard seed, trusting that by living and dying for love we give birth to a better world. That's not easy to do. In a world full of fear Jesus knew we would put our trust in something other than God. Something other than love. As a Jewish Rabbi he called those things idols: money, status, and the most dangerous idol of all, power." - "Jesus knew, in the words of Dorothy Soelle 'there is only one legitimation of power and that is to share it with others. Power that is not shared, power that is not transformed into love is pure domination and oppression.' Christian Nationalists are more committed to the love of power than to the power of love. And it exposes a lack of faith, because the opposite of faith is not doubt...the opposite of faith is control. When we stop trusting God, when we stop trusting love, we start taking control ourselves. Christian Nationalists want to control what we read, who we marry, where we travel, when we have children. They want to control our minds and our bodies. 'O ye of little faith.' Christian Nationalists trust domination because they think domination is what works. But Jesus revealed that the true power of the universe is not domination, but love." - "It's hard. It is so hard to protect your spirit in a world trying to kill it. That's why we need faith communities like this one. That's why we need stories and traditions and practices that heal our soul and transform our mind... Our Buddhist friends tell us that compassion takes practice. Neuroscientists tell us that we can become kinder, more empathetic if we work at it. Things like love, peace, and hope, they require strength training. A gym for the heart."