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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I mean, yeah duh? What, you think that conservative right-wing movement was fully homegrown? Some of them are flying the Confederate flag in Alberta! Hatred is America's export now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Some of them are flying the Confederate flag in Alberta!

Historically Europe (and the British Empire) sided with the confederacy because they saw a united USA as a potential industrial rival, whereas the south was more of a resource colony. Interestingly there was a major class divide in Europe where the working classes were anti-slavery and therefore anti-confederate wheras the upper classes saw the confederate cause being in their interest. There's a book about this called A Cause for All Nations by Don Doyle.

My understanding is that nowadays the confederate flag is used by people outside the USA who are on the fascist end of the spectrum for whom Nazi or fascist symbols are too extreme (or just illegal) in their countries.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

That boat sailed with Murdoch buying out all the news companies and beaming his rags and "news" channels around the western world after he conquered Australia. He used his power to weaken laws that used to hedge against this kind of nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To be fair its global (eg.US and Hungary). Fascism always has been (eg Germany and Japan)