Fascists vs. Anti-Fascists

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[–]Chipit[S] 8 insightful - 7 fun8 insightful - 6 fun9 insightful - 7 fun -  (9 children)

Why does this read like butthurt? The idea that fascists and anti-fascists are two sides of the same coin is not new.

"When fascism comes to America, it will be called anti-fascism."

-- Huey Long

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    [–]Chipit[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

    If fascism was going to work, it would have worked by now.

    Time for something else.

    [–][deleted] 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

    It worked so well it took two superpowers and the biggest empire in history to destroy it.

    [–]weavilsatemyface 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

    Are you talking about the Polish military junta in 1939? Spain under Franco? Pinochet? The Second Republic of Portugal? Vichy France? The Free City of Danzig? The Kuomintang? Guatemala's CIA-installed "banana republic" for the benefit of the United Fruit Company? El Salvador? Argentina? Uruguay, Honduras, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia?

    So many failed regimes that ruined their nations. I'm pretty sure I would remember if they were destroyed by "two superpowers and the biggest empire in history".

    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    AFAIK none of those were fascist except for possibly Cuba.

    Edit: I'm talking about Castro, especially before he decided he was a Communist, in case that wasn't clear. Peronism actually sounds a lot like fascism, but I'll admit I haven't looked into that enough to pass judgement on it.

    I would say that there are three main categories of which I would describe as fascist movements getting into power (and the most exemplary countries):

    European/First Wave: Germany, Italy

    Islamic/Arab Nationalist: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya

    "Red Fascism": China, North Korea, Romania

    [–]Markimus 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    Not a single one of these was fascist lol, he's talking about the Axis powers. You know there's this thing called 'World War 2', you somehow seem to have no idea what that is.

    [–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    The noise you heard was A Clue rushing over your head.

    [–]Markimus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Nope, you are just ignorant of history and political philosophy and coping

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Exactly.