• THB@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    “Communist”? Does she think that’s interchangeable with “fascist”?

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        No it wasn’t. Utter shite.

        Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology

        Opposed to communism, democracy, liberalism, pluralism, and socialism,[5][6] fascism is at the far right of the traditional left–right spectrum.[1][6][7]

        Kershaw argues that the difference between fascism and other forms of right-wing authoritarianism in the interwar period is that the latter generally aimed “to conserve the existing social order”, whereas fascism was “revolutionary”, seeking to change society and obtain “total commitment” from the population.[43]

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

        The Nazi Party,[b] officially the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei [c] or NSDAP), was a far-right[10][11][12] political party

        The Nazi Party emerged from the extremist German nationalist (“Völkisch nationalist”), racist, and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against communist uprisings in post–World War I Germany.[13] The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into völkisch nationalism.[14] Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti-big business, anti-bourgeoisie, and anti-capitalism, disingenuously using socialist rhetoric to gain the support of the lower middle class;[15] that was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders. By the 1930s, the party’s main focus shifted to antisemitic and anti-Marxist themes.[16]

        The renaming of the German Workers’ Party (DAP) to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) was partially driven by a desire to draw upon both left-wing and right-wing ideals, with “Socialist” and “Workers’” appealing to the left, and “National” and “German” appealing to the right.[26]

        To ease concerns among potential middle-class supporters, Drexler made clear that unlike Marxists the party supported the middle-class and that its socialist policy was meant to give social welfare to German citizens deemed part of the Aryan race.[34]

        From the outset, the DAP was opposed to non-nationalist political movements, especially on the left, including the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

        In general, the manifesto was antisemitic, anti-capitalist, anti-democratic, anti-Marxist and anti-liberal.[61] To increase its appeal to larger segments of the population, on the same day as Hitler’s Hofbräuhaus speech on 24 February 1920, the DAP changed its name to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (“National Socialist German Workers’ Party”, or Nazi Party).[62][63][e] The name was intended to draw upon both left-wing and right-wing ideals, with “Socialist” and “Workers’” appealing to the left, and “National” and “German” appealing to the right.[66] The word “Socialist” was added by the party’s executive committee (at the suggestion of Rudolf Jung), over Hitler’s initial objections,[f] in order to help appeal to left-wing workers.[68]

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party

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          10 days ago

          They are a HilariousChaos user, long since tagged as a right-wing nut, that instance is the new right-wing “Lighter Friendlier” ExplodingHeads

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        Right-wingers really think everyone is as dumb as they are.

        I guess China is a Republic for the People then, huh? You know, since it’s in the name? LMAO what a tool. Reactionaries are all a bunch of lying, degenerate assholes who want to make their fantasy life a reality.

        Read a book.

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        Oh, well, if a group trying to take over the world says they’re the good guys, they must be telling the truth, right? Why would they lie?

        /s