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Is populism a part of fascism? Seems like populists tend to be popular during rough times. They give you an "other" to blame, so it's not your fault.
Populism is just democracy. Liberals love to use this term to discredit the will of the masses because they don't believe in actual democracy.
If there was a Venn diagram, populism and nationalism and fascism all overlap beautifully.
I worry for my kids. I'm doing the best I can to keep the anger out of their hearts but Jesus Christ the world is so angry right now and they don't know where to put it.
Rough times ahead and strongly recommend everyone keep those you care about close.
So using your galaxy brain logic, populist movements like MAS in Bolivia are fascist?
Do you even math bro? Look up Venn Diagram examples.
Bro, English is not math, and your statement is not a diagram, so people are left to interpret the meaning of it. If you weren't trying to imply that populism and fascism are closely related when you said they overlap beautifully, then why bring it up at all?
https://www.cuemath.com/algebra/venn-diagram/
Look at the example. See how in a Venn diagram they overlap?
I brought it up because the 3 overlap pretty consistently. If you have a rabid nationalistic, fascist or populist movement chances are it has symptoms of the other 2.
That is not to say that rampant nationalism means fascist. Populism doesn't mean fascism to your example.
I can't believe I have to explain this to someone but here we are.
I know how Venn diagrams work buddy. I'm pointing out the lack of logic in your argument. Populism and nationalism don't have much to do with fascism which is a product of liberalism and capitalism. There are plenty of examples where nationalism and populism result in socialist movements, Viet Cong being one prominent example.
This is to say that you don't actually understand the cause of fascism and its relationship with populism and nationalism.
I can’t believe I have to explain this to someone but here we are.
Nazi Germany as an example was a populist and nationalist movement that rose out of the austerity plan from WW1. Yes it is very much linked with fascism.
What we are experiencing in America and Canada right now is a rise in populism and nationalism which again is dragging fascism along on its heels. Again, they are all very much tied together.
Beyond that I'm not going to argue with someone with their head up their ass. History has proven again and again that Populism, Nationalism and Fascism are all similar and travel together repeatedly. Do they always? No.
Nazi Germany is an example of what capitalism turns into when it's in a crisis. What we're experiencing in US and Canada right now is late stage capitalism that's making things unlivable for large swaths of the population.
Meanwhile, systematic destruction of socialist movements over the Cold War created a situation where the right is the only option for people who become disillusioned in the mainstream politics. This is also by design because fascism does not fundamentally threaten capitalist interests.
There are indeed some very uncomfortable parallels with the rise of nazism and fascism in Europe before WW2. It's also worth noting that right wing extremism gets a lot of support from the rich normalizing their views. People like Murdoch and Koch brothers spent billions promoting right wing views in the media, and we have right wing groups quietly doing the same thing here with Postmedia. Even Toronto Star was recently acquired by a right wing group.
It's also dangerous to think that such right wing movement can be stopped simply by voting. German nazis never won more than 37% of the vote while there were still democratic elections in place. Once these people get in power the mask comes off. Republicans were seriously considering similar tactics during last elections, and I'm sure we'll see that happen again going forward.
First chapter in this discusses the rise of fascists in Italy and nazis in Germany, and it's hard not to draw parallels with what we're seeing currently happen in US and Canada:
Beyond that I’m not going to argue with someone with their head up their ass. History has proven again and again that liberals are absolutely clueless historically and politically.