• JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
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    5 days ago

    Imperialist ≠ fascist

    America was often imperialist, only had periods of fascist political movements and has been transitioning for a while.

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      5 days ago

      they are not the same thing per se, but imperialism is a fascist strategy. genociding brown people or otherwise oppressing them for money sounds pretty fascistic to me.

      its just that its on a worldwide stage now, so the in-group is even more insulated from seeing it.

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        Racism is not fascism. Imperialism is not fascism. Nationalism isn’t facism. They are characteristics that sometimes or often lead to facism. Facism has a fairly explicit definition. Things can be a part of each other and overlap each other without being each other.

        If I make a snowman, that doesn’t mean that the carrot is a snowman or every snow sphere is a snowman. You can say that when you see me laying out the carrot with 3 balls of snow and a hat, it is leading to a snowman, but it has not always been a snowman.

        But yes, facism is a huge danger and on the rise all over the world. Not even just in white western countries either.