people don't like to acknowledge it, but what happens in the state has a knock on effect here in the EU. It empowers our rightwing fucks to steal the same tactics that worked in the US and start them here

That means we'll always be behind as those tactics need time to simmer but the news already helps by reporting on what happens over there, reactionaries take that and run with it. They tried that in my country recently with the drag stuff, thankfully their protest failed

yall over there don't exist in a vacuum, sadly

edit: also don't forget there's already a nice breeding ground over here. The nazis were European after all

Italy has a history with fascism... and some leaders in Italy's government are Mussolini stans still to this day.

Atlantic: The Return of Fascism in Italy

NPR: What you need to know about Italy's new far-right leader Giorgia Meloni

The Intercept: It’s a Girl (Fascist)! Giorgia Meloni will be Italy’s first woman prime minister — and part of a long tradition of white womanhood being central to fascism.