A common tactic of the progressive left is to call people who disagree with them a hate-loaded term such as racist, bigot, or fascist. The definition of these terms have broadened recently to basically mean "bad person". The term "fascist" has the extra punch of visualization of Mussolini and Hitler and them demanding militant adherence to their causes... using totalitarian force. Conservatives often counter that they see fascism coming from the Left. Is one side more right than the other? How to know?
Dictionary definitions of "fascism" include the following (some thoughts from the left and right):
As it's easy to see the flaws in others and overlook ones own flaws, is it possible to self-assess if you're a fascist? How could someone else convince you that you promote fascist ideas?
"militarism (strong military, reduce/expand foreign deployment)"
I am for reducing foreign deployment. Does that make me fascist in the same way as someone who wants to expand foreign deployment?
Currently the left is fascist. I see the right trying to seize power to fight the left, this will lead to a right fascism if we are not careful.
All we need to know is American Good, the rest bad....that is how history goes.
Fascism is a branch of Marxist philosophy developed by Giovanni Gentilé, a card-carrying Marxist. He ghost-wrote the book "The Doctrines of Fascism" for Benito Musolini. The ideology was later adopted by Hitler. "Nazi" is actually the contraction of the words "nationalist" and "Socialist" in German.
>"Nazi" is actually the contraction of the words "nationalist" and "Socialist" in German.
It's not.
The term "Nazi" was in use before the rise of the NSDAP as a colloquial and derogatory word for a backwards farmer or peasant, characterizing an awkward and clumsy person. In this sense, the word Nazi was a hypocorism of the German male name Ignaz (itself a variation of the name Ignatius)—Ignaz being a common name at the time in Bavaria, the area from which the NSDAP emerged. In the 1920s, political opponents of the NSDAP in the German labour movement seized on this and—using the earlier abbreviated term "Sozi" for Sozialist (English: Socialist) as an example—shortened NSDAP's name, Nationalsozialistische, to the dismissive "Nazi", in order to associate them with the derogatory use of the term mentioned above.
[en.wikipedia.org]
Historical revisionists notwithstanding.
It would not be so bad to be speaking German in a peaceful white country in North America.
aber das wäre rassistisch
Bit of both. What America needs is a really strong authority. Too much freedom makes people soft. I don’t think a divided tribe is strong. It’s not going back old school tho
Feels a bit like the first part of a roller coaster when it's reaching the top. What would a "strong authority" do to make people less soft? I guess socialism can reduce the number of daily calories and reduce body fat as in Venezuela [abc.net.au]
@Admin
I don’t agree with communism. I still believe in a free market (not a crony monopolized market). But I’m not sold on democracy. I mean more than half the population are idiots- so the majority (idiocracy) make laws. Gotta be a Genius-ocracy some way
Gotta be a Genius-ocracy some way
@FrozenSoul It's called #Fascism.
How dangerous is Biden anyway ?
Is Biden running for president or is his party? He seems like a paper wrapper with a big pack of Leftists ready to run through him...
@Admin Are you suggesting that the far left policies of George W. bush are explicitly the fault of the Republican party ?
That explains plenty.
@Mikewee777 I wasn't as politically aware during Bush 2.0 so I can't comment.
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