• GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    Being systemically homophobic is not what fascism is, though we expect it in a fascist state. That’s like asking “how many claws does this need before you admit that it’s a cat?” When you are talking about a falcon. This might surprise you, but medieval France wasn’t fascist either.

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      9 months ago

      Violent repression of the “other” plus capitalist entanglement with government. That’s my definition of fascism.

      Russia checks both the boxes. So does the US.

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        9 months ago

        Your definition of fascism describes every single neoliberal government on the planet. This lets you rationalize fence sitting in any situation where you think you can get away with it.

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          every single neoliberal government on the planet

          Wow! What a weird opinion for a communist to have!

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            wall-talk “Communism is when you call everything fascist and the more things you call fascist the more communist it is.”

            Why do or think about anything when the world is already fascist am I right fellow commies?/s