• hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
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        6 months ago

        Considering that right now fascists are gaining power everywhere in the “western world”, it doesn’t seem likely. Well, not until decades and probably a bloody war or two later, at any rate.

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          6 months ago

          Fascist regimes don’t last long because they all eventually turn their violence inward. They breed the sort of mistrust and lack of questioning that don’t make them effective societies.

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            6 months ago

            Would Franco’s Spain and Pinoche’s Argentina somewhat contradict that assertion? They both lasted a good long time before there was a slow transition away from their regimes from what I remember.

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            6 months ago

            Tell that to Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, Zimbabwe, China and North Korea, which have been authoritarian for decades now. I’m sorry, what does “lasting long” mean?

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              6 months ago

              You are aware that there are more types of authoritarian governments than just “fascism,” right?

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                6 months ago

                “No, not like that…!!!”

                Well, you’re just moving the goal post.

                Fascist regimes don’t last long because they all eventually turn their violence inward.

                Where in that sentence is implied that the countries I mentioned should be excluded?

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                  6 months ago

                  Fascist regimes

                  ^ Right here is where they specified that they weren’t talking about all authoritarian societies but a subset.
                  If you want to argue that your list is all fascist countries then do that, but they did not move any goalposts by correcting you after giving what you labeled authoritarian countries instead of fascist ones specifically.