Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has blocked quick approval of more than 300 top-level military promotions in protest of the Defense Department's abortion travel policy.
  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
    113·
    1 year ago

    I missed where those points talked about Hitler or Mussolini.

    Nudge nudge wink wink - we’re not comparing anyone to Hitler just fascism - that’s “COMPLETELY DIFFERENT™”.

    My objection is to the over-use of “fascism” for everything liberals don’t like. MAGA is a dangerous beast and has strong authoritarian leanings but it’s not fascism. It can get worse. Much worse. Calling it fascism now is hyperbole that won’t be taken seriously by people who aren’t already in your circle-jerk.

    • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      So even though it fits the definition it isn’t fascism because it hurts people’s feelings.

      Boo fuckin’ hoo.

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
        16·
        1 year ago

        It doesn’t meet the definition. MAGA is heavily influenced by fundamentalism. Where is that in Fascism?

        Having similarities doesn’t make them the same.

        • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          It doesn’t meet the definition. MAGA is heavily influenced by fundamentalism. Where is that in Fascism?

          The very first one?

          • The cult of tradition. “One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.”
      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
        14·
        1 year ago

        Definitions are useful to describe what people are talking about. They are not magical rules which speak things into existence.

        Where is christian fundamentalism in that definition of “fascism”? Or un-regulated capitalism / corporatism?

        There are similarities between MAGA and fascism but there are things that are quite different as well.