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

No one is more propagandized than Americans who have a Pavlovian association with Hoe-Down by Aaron Copland and beef

Listen, I don't think this happens but... in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Now I want to see a Vance vs Harris debate

Listen, I don't think this happens but... in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump solidarity Tracy Chapman

From the perspective of someone in the early 1920s, what warning signs were there of Classical Fascism's horrors? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Umberto Eco's criteria are a good guide to spotting early fascist movements: https://www.faena.com/aleph/umberto-eco-a-practical-list-for-identifying-fascists

Fascism doesn't logically imply racism

I disagree. All the fascist movements I'm aware of used nationalism to trick the working class into collaborating with the bourgeoisie, and bigotry towards minorities and foreigners to stoke anger and resentment. Maybe in theory fascists could create that in-group/out-group distinction without race or ethnicity being the dividing line, but I think that there will always be some kind of bigotry involved.

see environmentalism of eco-fascists

I don't think that counts as progressivism when their plan to reduce environmental impact involves killing "undesirables" to reduce the population.

some modern neofash parties adopting social democrat policy points

I'm pretty sure those are just talking points meant to lure in rubes, or are meant to apply only to the in-group when they take power.

Maybe it's possible for fascism to exist without explicit bigotry, but at that point I think it would just be regular authoritarian liberal capitalism.

meet the new boss, same as the old boss in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

I remember reading something years ago about the Wisconsin Brat Festival and thinking for a moment that it was about spoiled children

What's the deal with LaRouchism? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The Dollop did a podcast episode about LaRouche. From what I remember, he was a weirdo crank who went from nazi to Trotskyist, and then ended up with his own brand of political thought that was mostly based on conspiracy theories, and gathered a cult around himself. Sort of like if you combined the Strasser brothers, Trotsky, Wilhelm Reich, and L. Ron Hubbard. One of his major beliefs was that musical instruments were tuned to the wrong frequency.