join_the_iww [he/him]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agoThe “Fascist” With a Popular Majority | Donald Trump’s victory at the polls will reopen the “fascism debate.” But does a populist whose appeal cuts across diverse groups truly fit the fascist profile?jacobin.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkThe “Fascist” With a Popular Majority | Donald Trump’s victory at the polls will reopen the “fascism debate.” But does a populist whose appeal cuts across diverse groups truly fit the fascist profile?jacobin.comjoin_the_iww [he/him]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarepeppersky [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 days agoFacism has been thriving in every single western democracy since at least the turn of the millennium, the alt-right/far-right flavor of it is just a more open, less articulate and less insidious version of it. Facism is the extremism of the middle.
Facism has been thriving in every single western democracy since at least the turn of the millennium, the alt-right/far-right flavor of it is just a more open, less articulate and less insidious version of it. Facism is the extremism of the middle.