The Power of Hashtag Kidnapping

A local Omaha radio station posted an article on their website titled, If You Find a Water Bottle on Your Car, Drive Away, You Might Be in Danger. The article warned readers that unspecified abductors were leaving water bottles on cars to mark their targets. This is a tactic used by traffickers and kidnappers to get you to exit your vehicle and take whatever is on top of the car off. It's part of how this like thing can be utilized by fascists, right? Fascism's power comes from the fact that we're all anxious and scared all the time. And if you can convince people that you can take that anxiety away by hurting a specific group, then you can do a lot