• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Fascists frequently name themselves after ideals that go against their fascism. Like saying you’re “for Liberty”, then campaigning against LGBTQ+ liberties. Sometimes it almost feels like they actually know that what they’re doing is evil.

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      1 year ago

      Belief is the shield they use to cover their eyes and smash through the world, oblivious to the damage they cause.

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      1 year ago

      Fascism can rise in a democracy and the outcome still be a democratic majority. It usually does, in fact.

      Just like North Korea can also be a democracy…it’s just their culture never voted anyone out if power and it’s a hereditary position, convenient for tlan autocrat.

      China votes all the time. Being communist says nothing about his a government operates, it’s a philosophical take in economic theory. Marx never defined a communist society, nor has the earth produced one.

      For those in the back, Marx defined the abusive relationship between those with money and power and the victims of their diminion under capitalism. He also coined the term Capitalism. Marx said society has evolved from fuedalism to mecantilism (Adam Smith wrote a really famous book about this), to capitalism and will evolve into socialism and ultimately communism, where we all share in the wealth we all create.

      And here’s a life hack for ya. If you read Das Kapitol and understand it well enough that you can refute it, with notes and annotation, well then you’ll never have to work another day of your life. This one simple trick… Economists hate it.