Since I’ve been told repeatedly that you guys are fascists, I figured we could find out how many of you were legit fascists.
According to a quick query from ChatGPT, the following attributes make up a fascist:
- Authoritarian and dictatorial leadership.
- Extreme nationalism and emphasis on the nation or race.
- Suppression of dissent and opposition.
- Militarism and glorification of violence.
- Cult of personality around a charismatic leader.
- State control over the economy and society.
- Strict social hierarchy and suppression of individual liberties.
- Propaganda and manipulation of media.
- Scapegoating and persecution of minority groups.
- Rejection of democracy and political pluralism.
In short, if you promote a collectivist civilization centered around extreme nationalism and racism, while rejecting personal liberty and democracy in favor of a strong dictatorial leader, you’re more than likely a fascist.
If people advocate for individual freedom and accountability, that would be a sign that the person isn’t a fascist by definition.
And if you advocate against giving anyone dictatorial powers over a nation, then that’s also a sign someone isn’t a fascist.
And if you advocate for freedom of speech, particularly for viewpoints you don’t agree with, then that’s a sign someone isn’t a fascist.
And if you advocate against state control of the economy and society, then that’s a sign someone isn’t a fascist.
And if you’re against propaganda, even if it’s for viewpoints you agree with, then that’s a sign someone isn’t a fascist.
And if you’re against the persecution of minorities, then that’s a sign someone isn’t a fascist.
And if you think there needs to be different political factions or parties and that they all bring important things to the table and that single party rule is not good, then that’s a sign someone isn’t a fascist.
So, people advocate for individual freedom and accountability, and if you advocate against giving anyone dictatorial powers over a nation, and if you advocate for freedom of speech, particularly for viewpoints you don’t agree with, and if you advocate against state control of the economy and society, and if you’re against propaganda, even if it’s for viewpoints you agree with, and if you’re against the persecution of minorities, and if you think there needs to be different political factions or parties and that they all bring important things to the table and that single party rule is not good, then that’s a sign someone isn’t a fascist. In fact, all of those together suggest that you might be a liberal.
So how many of you are fascists, and how many of you are dirty liberals?
I think in the States the meaning of left and right have flipped somewhere trough history. Liberal is conservative, conservative is liberal. Following this and the normal (not american) meaning of liberal, I am liberal too.
As I understand it…
Conservative is liberal because the status quo from the 1800s until some time in the post-war period was liberalism. To be a liberal is to believe in individual liberty and responsibility, and to want the least amount of regulation on people’s personal lives by the state.
Liberal is conservative because there’s a certain worldview that was established during that post-war period has now been the status quo for several generations. You can have someone who is parroting the same worldview that their great grandparents held, the exact same orthodoxy. In this way, following the ideology of your great grandparents can only be considered conservative.
Would this be accurate to you?