End Times Fascism

Before we get into any of it: where did you read this, and did you need to put it down and do something comforting partway through? Tell us what that something was.

What is one small, ordinary thing in your life that makes you feel like the world is going to keep going, a bus route, a neighbor, a bakery, a group chat?

The book sits with people who are quietly convinced everything is ending. Was there a moment where you recognized a version of that feeling in yourself, and how did it feel to see it described out loud?

Klein and Taylor write about the fantasy of escape, of leaving and being saved elsewhere. Have you ever daydreamed an escape plan, and what does it say about what you were tired of?

This is a book about who gets counted as worth saving. Who came to mind for you while reading, the specific people you would not want to leave behind?

The authors keep circling back to staying put and tending what is here. What is something you have chosen to stay with and care for even when leaving would have been easier?

Without giving away where the authors land, the book seems to be arguing for something warmer than survival. What did you personally feel invited toward by the end, and did you want to accept the invitation?

Reading this may have changed something small in how you move through your week. Is there anything you are doing differently, or want to, even if it is very modest and unglamorous?