Autonomie und SolidaritätThat's it!
Torf und Schnee@autonomysolidarity I like the simplicity, but the totalitarian legacy of my country of origin dictates one important question: "who decides who will be called 'fascist'"?
Ulmo@torf @autonomysolidarity It’s simple, too. Totalitarianism is one thing—it’s common on both sides of the political and social spectrum—but fascism is nothing more than the most predatory practices of colonialism, only carried out internally (against the population of the country where that fascism exists).
@Ulmo @autonomysolidarity you've probably haven't got the question. It is well described what fascism is. But the question is who decide who is a fascist.
In the Soviet Union, you've legally got freedom of speech (no kidding, read the constitution!!). But if you ever tried to exercise it *for real*, you was begging for criminal charges for "anti-soviet propaganda", which may have resulted in execution by shooting, long-term imprisonment or forcible treatment in a "psychiatric" (i.e. mind-killing) facility.
Somehow similarly, now we see a lot of folks who pretend to "protest" against "Israeli fascism" by killing random Jews in their cities.
@torf @autonomysolidarity How power is exercised is one thing. The ideological basis for that exercise is quite another.
The question is not who decides what fascism is, but rather what it is based on the behavior of those acts and people who follow that logic, which has been extensively studied.
In the political and social sphere, fascist thought:
- Rejects democracy, equality, and reason, replacing them with irrationalism, militarism, extreme nationalism, and the cult of violence.
- Is based on the belief in the natural inequality of human beings, the superiority of certain races or nations, and the need for internal “cleansing” and external expansion to restore national glory.
In the economic sphere:
- Rejection of free markets and efficiency-based productivity, replacing them with brute force and capitalist accumulation through exploitation and conquest.
- Resources are seized by force, not through the market, and production serves imperialist expansion, not the common good. This culminates in predatory war and genocide, as occurred under Nazism and Italian fascism and currently with the U.S. and Israel, for example.
Fascism and supremacism are twin brothers; the only difference is that in the former, the state is controlled and actions are taken in its name. In supremacism, state involvement is not necessary.