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Pirata@lemm.ee 1 week agoI understand we are sliding in that direction. My point is, once there, its harder to keep that regime alive.
How many people are okay with what Israel is doing? Or Russia? Or (now) the US? Despite the propaganda and censoring all over the internet, not many. Most people aren’t buying it.
angrystego@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Once you’re inside, the propaganda is all you get. See people in Russia and China. The repressions become draconian and people just go on with their lives in fear of losing them. With today’s tech, I think fascism is actually easier to keep up.
Pirata@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I respectfully disagree. Cultural backgrounds also play a role and Russia and China have never known democracy.
Fascism in practice (not as a demented dream) is a harder sell in the West although we’re not immune to it and we should 100℅ remain vigilant and fight it’s grown at all costs.
angrystego@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What West are you talking about? Fascism sensu stricto was invented in the West.
Pirata@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I’m talking the West that had Mussolini hanged upside down out on the public square once fascism was put to practice. The same west that had Hitler and his peers put a bullet to their heads, once their ideology was implemented.
Yes, these ideologies were invented in the West, doesn’t mean we accept them wholeheartedly once they are implemented.