But I hate to underestimate the dark side of the force.

  • shitshow [any]
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    4 years ago

    I hate to be the "read this article" guy, but Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism nails it on the head. Functionally, there is no difference between mask off fascism and "just far-right capitalist authoritarians who rely on teh masses being passive/splintered".

    Fascism has no coherent ideology, it only has aesthetics. At the GOP matches every single one of Eco's 14 points.

      • shitshow [any]
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        4 years ago

        It really is incredibly short and still full of info.

    • jmichigan_frog [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Ty for the recommendation, I'll check it out! I realize I'm using a very "historicist" definition of fascism, but aesthetics > ideology seems to make sense.