Sorry to do this debate-bro stuff, but how would you respond to someone who says fascism is left-wing?
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qOsVqXMFAdg is two rightists talking is fascism left or right, and Gerard Casey concludes that fascism is left-wing. He cites the Fascist Manifesto of 1919, which in fairness does look pretty left-wing, is mostly about worker benefits.
Counterpoints I can think of:
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Fascism is inegalitarian.
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Fascism is oppressive
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Fascism is about privatisation – but I'm not very clued in on the history of this, on what industries fascist governments privatised and how consistent they were with this. Did they also nationalise other industries?]
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Unask the question, say 'left' and 'right' are meaningless
Again, sorry about this. Obviously not trying to defend fascism, just trying to get clarity.
The big points I would make are:
Fascism seeks to give the wealthy elites and corporations increased power in the form of opposing worker rights and labor organizing and also giving financial benefits to said elites.
Fascism often includes a social hierarchy with certain civil groups at the bottom, to the point that they may be viewed as subhuman and face persecution and even state-sanctioned murder for merely existing.
Fascism opposes democratic principles.