• uberrice@feddit.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      Reasons why I think Antifa is fascist:

      1. they paint people they don’t like as ‘Nazis’ - just like right wing fascists like to paint everyone they don’t like as a ‘jew’
      2. they endorse violence against these ‘Nazis’
      3. they self-radicalize by echo-chambering, removing themselves farther and farther from the “real world”

      Do you not agree with these statements?

      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        1 year ago

        Are they also ultra-nationalist, ultra-right-wing, and in favor of strict social hierarchies? There’s more to fascism than just being mean to people you don’t like

        • uberrice@feddit.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          According to Britannica:

          Fascism : a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government

          While what I described is not centrally controlled by a dictator (and anyone claiming that Antifa was centrally controlled is a nutcase, I agree), the way Antifa as a collective behaves does try to “control the lives of people, not allowing them to disagree with them” - at least in my opinion. You’re free to have your own.

          • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
            6·
            1 year ago

            Ok but that’s not fascism

            Like, according to your own definition that you linked, and your own opinion of the control structure of Antifa, they don’t match up

            • uberrice@feddit.de
              1·
              1 year ago

              While I don’t agree with the right’s current direction - I’m talking about Switzerland/Germany, not America here - I have not seen a single incident where they use political and actual violence to get their point across - where I’ve seen that a lot from the left.