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Conservatism is Brain Damage (lemmy.world)

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

I don’t know, it seems pretty simple nowadays. Are you a cunt who gives a shit about whether dudes want to bang dudes or dress like chicks? Do you wish to oppress brown or black people, like on purpose, in an exertive manner? Are you trying to subjugate women? Do you long for a country in which the rule of law is taken directly from fairy tales? Are you trying to institutionally establish a single in-group and several out-groups? You’re a fucking fascist, you deserve to have your shit kicked in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

that's because fascism is not like other political views. it doesn't come from thinkers, economists, sociologists or philosophers. it comes from maniacs doing maniacal shit. there is no "theory" to read on fascism. which is why the best academic text you find on it comes from its critics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

People don't recognise fascism when it's in front of their faces.

Huge military budget
weaponized, authoritarian police force with little oversight.
Nationalist habits like pledging allegiance regularly when young and national anthems when together.
a strong belief that they are the best nation on earth, often backed with religious certainly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ummm many fascists are disguised as intellectuals whose sophistry is only revealed by challenging their assumptions. There were a number of such people who came to rise in Nazi Germany and afterwards, and there are many who are their contemporaries

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ummm many fascists are disguised as intellectuals

exactly... and if I put on a ninja costume, I do not in fact become an ninja.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Sorry but doesn’t make sense! There are people like Heidegger and Sam Harris who have partly useful contributions to intellectual and academic discourse, but their overarching worldview is authoritarian or fascism aligned. My point is: people multiclass all the time, and you cannot and should not underestimate your ideological opponents

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Basically admitting that mainstream conservatism is indistinguishible from fascism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I’ve never understood the label. I’ve had to explain on a few occasions that no, you’re not trying to maintain traditional values. You’re just authoritarian.