Pro tip for everyone in this thread, which is a mess: fascism is not just reactionary qualities of governance, it is a reactionary social movement that takes power.
Literally every capitalist government has reactionary qualities, because capitalism itself breeds those qualities. Imperialism and expansion; bigotry, discrimination, and the division and subjugation of the working class—these are all “normal” features of capitalist states even without a fascist movement being present.
Pro tip for everyone in this thread, which is a mess: fascism is not just reactionary qualities of governance, it is a reactionary social movement that takes power.
Literally every capitalist government has reactionary qualities, because capitalism itself breeds those qualities. Imperialism and expansion; bigotry, discrimination, and the division and subjugation of the working class—these are all “normal” features of capitalist states even without a fascist movement being present.