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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Why do you equate fascism with senseless violence though? If anything, fascism has demonstrated being about traditional values, a sense of right and wrong, and of course ethnocentric nationalism. None of that justifies senseless violence. The nazis did not commit senseless violence. Mussolini's fascists either, and from what I know of Franco's, same thing.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

in night of the long knives and night of the broken glass they committed violence. A lot similar to what rioters are doing today in fact.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Of course they committed violence. Not of any SENSELESS kind though. Name a revolution that wasn't violent and I'll show you a non-revolution.

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

some will say it was senseless. Of course one must look at the socioeconomic situation of the time. I think it is same today though. Black people looting target is senseless but what are the real reasons for the protest and the looting in the first place, not so much just George Lloyd dying, this was a powder keg waiting to go off, Black Lives Matters rioted last year too, each year lately in the summer once the weather gets nice. Now economy is much worse due to covid and people were stuck in doors even more than usual due to it, so bigger powder keg went off. Well economy was simlarly terrible during time of nazis which caused people to riot. I'm not excusing just saying the simple equation is terrible economy = riots and looting. Easily predictable.

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

Agreed.