• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    America wasn’t fascist then. I don’t think it is now (yet), but the leadership in power sure is.

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      What in the literal hell are you talking about!?

      I think you need to recheck what fascism is. The best definition is fascism = corporatism which was explained by Mussolini who invented the word.

      The US has been fascist for a very long time and has helped spread it all over the world.

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        If you’re going to try to narrow the definition that way, then most countries are fascists. Why don’t you visit the Wikipedia page on fascism and help them simplify what they classify as a very complex definition.

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          Why would I care what Wikipedia says when we have literal quotes from the guy that invented the term.

          The complexity is just people trying to skirt around the truth that they live in a fascist society. But, just for shits and giggles let’s explore it.

          “totalitarian, nationalist ideology emphasizing the absolute supremacy of the State, rejecting liberalism, democracy, and individualism for a collective, hierarchical society focused on national power, glory, and unity, organized corporatist-style with state control over economy and industry, built on myth, militarism, and the cult of the strong leader.”

          Wow, so basically the US was fascist before we had a word for it. The founding fathers were definitely proto-fascists.

          Oh yes, most of the world is definitely fascist as well. Did you miss the US toppling tons of nations and installing dictators?

          If 90% + of all policy in all governments are written by corporations that pretty much seals it.

          Liberalism, democracy, equality, etc. are just propaganda created by fascist nations to justify their existence to the people who don’t know better. Propaganda is one hell of a drug.

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      America wasn’t fascist then for white people… I think people forget that the last skirmishes of the Indian War happened after WWI and non white people couldn’t effectively vote until the 1970s.