Liberalism [he/him,they/them] to antifascism • 4 years ago

Can someone explain to me why "the enemy is both strong and weak" is considered a characteristic of fascism

Liberalism [he/him,they/them] to antifascism • 4 years ago

I know fascists do this, but doesn't everyone kind of? If you don't think your enemy has strengths then they're not worth being your enemy and if you don't think they have weaknesses then opposing them is pointless.

edit: I guess one difference is fascists pick enemies that genuinely are powerless, but that doesn't really seem to line up with the original claim

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Hexagon [she/her]
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4 years ago
I mean tbf, I wouldn't say the two ideas are opposed to begin with. An enemy can be strong, but have weakpoints that you can take advantage of. Isn't that the whole idea of David vs Goliath?

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