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• OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fascism is in fact a right wing system

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  • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I did some reading, it seems I had a misunderstanding of some of the finer details. Perhaps authoritarian or totalitarianism are better terms? I’m not sure, but regardless, I fail to see how many of the tactics of fascism couldn’t be employed by the political left, which I guess is the point I was originally getting at.

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    • athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If the left employed fascist tactics then they stop being the left.

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      • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        So communist governments that have used media control, militarism, cronyism, violated human rights, etc., aren’t left-wing?

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    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I fail to see how many of the tactics of fascism

      Leftism overtly opposes the tools of fascism: sexism, racism, imperialism, nationalism, etc.

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      • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Except left-wing nationalism is a thing that exists. And those aren’t the only tools of fascism. Fascists are known to control mass media, but thats not inherently a right wing thing. Corruption and cronyism aren’t mutually exclusive to the right. Military supremacy isn’t inherently right wing. What am I missing here?

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  • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, it’s in principle undetermined in ideology. Historical ones, even Stalin or Pol Pot variants, were rather right wing. But the only principles really important for any kind of fascism are violence, anti-rationalism and amorphous ideology.

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    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bruh do some basic research… Here’s a 101:

      14 characteristics of fascism

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      • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Non-leftist doesn’t equal right-wing. Anarcho-capitalism is right-wing, but opposite from fascism.

        Fascism requires no logical structure and no coherence in ideology. It requires the ideology to be bendable all ways each moment for each different situation. Which, well, is natural for an ideology reliant upon violence and emotion above all.

        That leftists try to mix fascism and normal conservatism is a purely leftist sexual problem, that doesn’t concern others until leftists pretend it’s commonly accepted.

        Then, of course, when most of the “revolutionary” competition is leftist, fascism becomes anti-leftist and allies right-wing forces.

        But also Nazi and Soviet propaganda on the British Empire were amazingly similar in archetypes and emotion. Which would be a rare case of “fascism against right-wing forces”.

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    • doben@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh, the historical fascisms such as under Stalin and Pol Pot, right.

      it’s in principle undetermined in ideology

      Correct in so far, as it‘s determined by economic system. Which happens to align with left/right ideology.

      But the only principles really important for any kind of fascism are violence, anti-rationalism and amorphous ideology.

      You making shit up depending on how your tummy feels, don‘t you?

      Please stop using the internet.

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      • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How to detect a commie idiot without them naming themselves.

        I’m actually using Eco’s version, and he’s notably leftist.

        Please stop using the internet.

        Smart thoughts were chasing you, but you were always faster.

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    • fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No it’s not entirely clearly defined. But a few elements appear in all of them: Anti- communism/socialism, dictator, far-right idiologies, nationalism…

      I wouldn’t say any if these are desired by leftism, or rather opposites.

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  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes and “both sides of the aisle” are fascist.

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    • OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is this supposed to be a gotcha?

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• BlueDemon@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Authoritarianism applies to both sides, and the middle. Fascism is a right wing authoritarian ideology.

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• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Both sides of the aisle are right-wing.

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