• SoyViking [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          It might be different from country to country. In my country the liberal consensus is that if we're having a "free and honest debated on foreigners" (ie. politicians competing about who can be most racist) then people will not turn to "the far right" (i.e. wear swastikas, if you don't wear a swastika then you're just ordinary "right", not "far").

          Our dear succdem minister of justice is even on the record setting that he believes lax hatespeech laws acts as a release valve, preventing "real" racism.

        • Sephitard9001 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Famously, when you give right wing extremists what they want and compromise your own policies for their input, it deradicalizes them because their behavior is being rewarded and results in their success :what-the-hell:

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    How To Stop Fascism, Abridged and Correct Edition:

    • Step 1: Into pit
    • Step 2: Grenades
  • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    wow the thing that wants fascism isn't stopping fascism, wut the heck

  • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Who thought this??? Did even the most blinkered liberals think this?

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      He's a Labour radlib who thinks of himself as an Orthodox Marxist who has "Formerly leftie, now complex" politics. Supported Corbyn but in kind of a half hearted way.

      His theory begins and ends with "Stalin Bad. Leninists think Marxism is a determinist theory of everything. and, Althusser also bad." He also has serious Reddit atheist vibes.

      • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I know who Paul Mason is, but I think he may be the only person who thought "right-populism" wasn't just proto-fascism.

  • kingspooky [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    "We thought right wing populism would act as a firewall against fascism"

    Hey dumbshit what exactly do you think fascism is?

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      He's one regular column cancellation away from joining Spiked media at this point so throw a dart at word cloud full of things like 'property damage', 'wokeness', and 'making me feel old'.

  • GiveMeSickos [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    If you assume that social demmocracy is left wing populism and that it's what stopped communism, it only follows that the other side mirrors it. What no dialectical materialism does to a mf

    • Dyno [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      My mum bought me his 'Postcapitalism' book years ago - I've never read it, and as each year passes the less inclined I am to ever read it.
      She also got me another book about how 'national populism' is revolting against liberal democracy - but I've already read chapter 1 of Blackshirts and Reds so it's kinda redundant

  • stigsbandit34z [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    It's wild to me how online soc dems will attack you if you so much as hint that right wing populism is fascism

    But muh breaking points

    • naom3 [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      How does anyone actually believe this? What’s the reasoning behind it?

      • stigsbandit34z [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Believe that right wing populism is not fascism? It has to be the term "populism." That's all I can think of, really. Because what is right wing populism? Honestly, what aspect of right wing policy is popular when it inherently benefits those with the most power (a minority)?