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minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·6 months ago slightly different flavors of populist conservative It’s not “populist conservatism”. That’s minimizing media language. It’s extreme right wing demagoguery. This specific flavor being Hindu-nationalist fascism.
minus-squareBeryl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-26 months agoOh I agree with you, but I wanted to alude to what’s going on in other parts of the world as well, where it’s not at the outright fascist stage. Yet. (I also called it dictatorial, so…)
It’s not “populist conservatism”. That’s minimizing media language. It’s extreme right wing demagoguery.
This specific flavor being Hindu-nationalist fascism.
Oh I agree with you, but I wanted to alude to what’s going on in other parts of the world as well, where it’s not at the outright fascist stage. Yet. (I also called it dictatorial, so…)