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goatse.cx
Nov 21, 2013

M. Discordia posted:

It's actually not true that "all western govermments" are demolishing the homes of ethnic minorities and imprisoning members of the opposition party but thanks for playing

He's pointing out that the definition of 'Ur-fascism' provided above is so vague/broad as to be useless

Orwelle's quote about fascism being whatever a given person doesn't like fits well here. Fascism is a very specific historical phenomenon with well-defined characteristics/strategies associated with it. Chavismo/PSUV clearly doesn't fit. I see someone up thread calling Soviet Union fascist, that too is a misuse. Clearly more learning in this topic is called for. I can recommend Robert Paxton's Anatomy of Fascism as a good starting point.

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