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The real problem with Fascists.

Fascism is inefficient economically. It just doesnt promote doing the maximum amount of good with the available revenue. I should be open and state thats my main objection. If it worked, I would back it..
But the real problem with Fascism is everyone else..Fascists know for a fact that if you arent one of them, you dont really matter. You can be used, manipulated and discarded when they have no more use for you. That is at the heart of the definition of a Fascist. Those inside the circle make a profit from those outside. They milk the cows and shear the sheep. Its easy to call trump a fascist, as it is with many MAGA Republicans. But most are just selfish, greedy or in Trumps case a stupid narcissist who happened to be born rich.. But the true Fascists are in the shadows behind Trump and working him like a puppet. Steven Miller and John McEntee are prime White House former staffers, while "Ginni" Thomas has her hand firmly on the Supreme Courts scrotum as well as trying to manipulate elections..
There are many more. And they have one thing in common. They know thay are right and they are perfectly happy to have you "dealt with" if you dont support them..
And they wont be discouraged by a setback. They will keep coming and coming until people "deal with " them.. There is the law. There is Justice. and in these cases, there is self preservation..
Go say "Hi" to a fascist near you..Project 2025 is going to keep coming..😷
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
I disagree.

Fascism isn't necessarily tied to an economic philosophy, like other political ideologies are.

German Nazis embraced Keynesianism and they were heavily interventionist in the economy.. They were not inefficient either. In fact, they performed administrative a bureaucratic miracles to keep the army supplied with just enough resources. From a military and economic perspective, Germany punched above it's weight in WW2.

Where you do have a point is in the short-termism. The ultra-nativism was coupled with a desire for aggressive military expansionism. That led to it's downfall.

Project 2025 is authoritarian and it's also capitalist. There is almost no trace of Keynesianism anywhere in the movement. They are relative isolationists in foreign policy.

A much better comparison is Viktor Orban's Hungary. That is bad enough.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
Yes, it sounds wonderful, doesn't it:

"A political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition."

Well, Mussolini supposedly did make the trains run on time, so I guess it was all worth it?
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@ChipmunkErnie Even that was a fallacy. He actually only ever make one train run on time. One he was travelling on for an official journey..😷
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@whowasthatmaskedman That's why I said "supposedly" -- and the lions he posed with had had their teeth pulled. ;)
Reason10 · 70-79, M
Uh, you have no idea what you're talking about.
First, HERE is the definition of Fascism, (since you obviously have no idea.)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism
often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

Fascists are DEMOCRATS. Pretty much everything the DemoNazi part does today is almost a carbon copy of Nazi Germany.
Same ideology. Same tactics.

If you are in line at the seventh voting polls on Election Day and you see another at his seventh, THAT is the Fascist you should say hit to. You to VOTE for Fascism every time you vote blue, numbnuts.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Reason10 Dont argue with me. Argue with google and the commentators. You got nothing you know it, I know it and those watching can see it as well.😷
Reason10 · 70-79, M
@whowasthatmaskedman You just hate losing an argument.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Reason10 Which argument is that?😷
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Burnley123 I absolutely agree. Facism is about which group of people profit and control things and who else has any rights at all. Those the government favours can have absolute power..If the law doesnt support them, the law is amended or ignored..😷
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@whowasthatmaskedman Kind of like pretty much any form of totalitarianism.
The USA isn't socialist. That's a problem, because it's everyone's right to live in a peaceful, social democracy.
They're going to have to come around and rethink that "we're not communists ' thing or we won't survive them.
Reason10 · 70-79, M
@Roundandroundwego Why is it a problem that The United States is not VENEZUELA?

We feed our pets and eat groceries. If the US were socialists, we'd be eating our pets.

As far as anyone's "right" to live in a peaceful whatever (America has NEVER been a Democracy, EVER) that distinction exists in America and was made possible by our military, saving us and the world from Nazi and Communist regimes.
Adrift · 61-69, F
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Thrust Thank you for your erudite and highly detailed analysis.. Let me guess.. You are a Trump supporter?? (Paid or unpaid)😷

 
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