• YouAreLiterallyAnNPC@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You want to complain to the manager of the fascists? Maybe this will get them to stop what they’re doing? Also, if you’re going to argue a point in good faith… at least don’t make it seem like we should accept fascism just because it’s kind of always been around.

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      I absolutely detest fascism, but I also recognize that the US has always been fascist from the very start. Not only that, but the US is also the chief exporter of fascism having toppled 75 countries during the Cold War alone. It helps put things in perspective.

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          You have to actually know your enemy to fight it. Saying the US is turning fascist is nonsensical.

          You seem to be stuck in a nasty state of cognitive dissonance.

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              Absofuckinglutely.

              Did you miss the part where the US was pro-Nazi in the 1930’s (that is where America First slogan came from) and wealthy people in the US were instrumental in funding the Nazi party?

              Did you miss the cold war where the US toppled over seventy democratic countries and installed fascist dictators?

              Did you miss the genocide of the Native Americans which the Nazi modeled their extermination of the Jews after?

              Did you miss how Nazi Germany came to all the countries to find a place to send the Jews but wealthy US representatives lobbied the entire world not to take them in?

              Did you miss after the US/Mexico war the reason we didn’t divide Mexico up into new states was because representatives at the time said it would poison our nations blood?

              Did you miss the American Revolution where wealthy business owners engaged in terrorism and propaganda to incite a peaceful people against their country and then installed their military commander as the first President?

              I mean I could go on all day. The US was fascist before we even had a definition for it. Are some policies right now making the US seem even more fascist? Sure, but we have always been.

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                Did you miss the cold war where the US toppled over seventy democratic countries and installed fascist dictators?

                Can I get a citation for this one?

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                3 days ago

                So many words when you could have just typed out that you’re a fascist apologist who supports doing nothing because you’ve tried nothing and you’re all out of ideas.

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                  Hey, I get it. You are confused and your head is full of propaganda. I was once like you until I studied a lot of history and discovered my own truths.

                  If you think pointing out fascism for what it is advocating for it then I am kind of dumbfounded. I am not an apologist, I just see the problem for what it is and I have already deprogrammed myself from years of pro-US propaganda.

                  Your point of view is exactly what the fascists are employing and that is a bit disturbing. They are the ones who are saying pointing out racism is racist. Likewise, apparently you think pointing out fascism makes you fascist.

                  Why are you using their playbook?

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                    Why are you suggesting that nobody do anything? Why are you saying I’m using a fascist playbook? Look, I know your head is full of propaganda and I can forgive that. You need to educate yourself. Open a book. Tell me what worked against fascism. Now tell me what do you propose, instead? You won’t because you have nothing. You’re a fascist apologist who is here to complain at the only people that are willing to do something.