I'm hoping this doesn't start a fight, I'm just curious what the political orientation is of this community. I grew up in a liberal (in the American sense) family, and I identify now as a socialist, though a lot of the liberalism I grew up in has stuck with me, like interest in LGBTQ and women's rights, environmentalism, etc. Wondering where people here land?
the idea that all western fascists must just be corrupted by the evil orientals is incredibly racist (because western liberal democracy is so perfect and enlightened (unlike those savage eastern authoritarians) that it could never organically give rise to fascism without outside interference).
please take a look in the mirror and consider your incredibly racist and infantilising views that fascism cannot organically emerge on its own in western liberal democracies without outside meddling