• starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    “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…

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

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        “behaves very fascist”

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

        /s

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              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?

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                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

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                  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.