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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Antifascism? That's literally fascism"

A phrase spoken only by fascists

For any potential commenters who don't understand, fascism isn't when politically motivated threats of physical violence, it's when far-right-wing, ultra-nationalist, centralized autocracy, belief in and support of social hierarchies, strong regimentation of society and the economy, and politically motivated threats of physical violence

Hey wait a second, one of the political parties in the US fits all those descriptions...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Antifascism isn't fascism, but Antifa, in a lot of public outings (where presumably only a minority of people go) behaves very fascist.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"behaves very fascist"

Yeah those evil fascist protestors doing violence, waving American flags, demanding strict social hierarchies, with ultra-right-wing views

/s

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Im talking about Europe. Where I'm from. Not everyone is american.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And your claim is still a big fat lie.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 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.