insurrection

no one is relitigating wwii

I’m 14 and this is deep

the kind of people who might vote for him obviously don’t think that.

because if to get actually pass the agenda they run on, they can’t threaten not to get it passed in the next election

Trump claimed not to know anything about project 2025

“people that want power will find ways to get power”

nah. probably not.

literally a country song

“Mussolini enjoyer”

this is some bad faith bullshit

when does kropotkin infantalize and dismiss marxists?

oh god, it’s like reading parenti

make it stop

i’m not saying it’s a common feature in fascist societies. i’m saying nothing about the explicit ideology precludes it.

right. and while the ussr may have been socialist (i honestly don’t want to take a position on that), the features of the society that you cited are not explicitly socialist. you mostly cited the existence of institutions within the state and some statistics about the standard of living. those could appear in a fascist society, as well.

I didn’t say anything about whether the ussr was socialist. I said the evidence you gave doesn’t preclude the ussr from being fascist

i’d say that it becomes an empty accusation in the modern context, yea. like, duh. the modern state is fascist. but it’s not useless to understand the characteristics of the systems that oppress us.

i know, right!

tell em what they won!

i’m sorry, i’m not going to engage with parenti at all.

the so-called private sector depends entirely on the state to enforce private property claims. the state issues corporate charters. the state “regulates” these corporations to ensure they benefit the state.

eco’s 14 characteristics are more like symptoms to diagnose fascism. the fascist ideology doesn’t require any of them except point 4 and, to a degree, point 13. it just so happens that fascist regimes will often display the other characteristics. they are not inherent to the ideology.

I got my definition from Mussolini. where is your from?

everything inside the state. nothing outside the state. nothing against the state.

that’s what fascism is. none of what you described precludes fascism