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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 137 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

All 14 of them have been checked, congratulations US of A... you are the fascists you've always strive to be!

..slow clap..

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I get that per Wikipedia, the source of these is:

In the Spring 2003 issue of the secular humanist magazine Free Inquiry, Laurence W. Britt, who is described as "a retired international businessperson, writer, and commentator" published "Fascism Anyone?", which included a list of 14 defining characteristics of fascism.

But you have to get that a random unsourced image of white text on a black background is some real "trust me bro" Facebook shares from Grandma type shit.

Getting tired of "it's okay when our side does it because we're right, but we'll clown on it when the bad people do it because they're wrong". Just be better.

And while I'm complaining, the source of these is a fucking editorial by someone with no actual credentials or qualifications to declare this shit. Now it's being passed around online like it's certifiable fact because it sounds accurate.

All of those are problems. All of those are bad. What is happening in the USA is bad. But muddying the waters by taking random bullshit like this as certified fucking fact only makes talking about shit harder, as everyone has their own set of things they think are truth, most of which have been latched on to for no reason more than "it sounds right and reinforced my beliefs".

Grumble grumble grumble

Parody image of the 14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

I assume the list is trying to reference Umberto Eco's Ur Fascism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism

While the current US regime fulfills many if not all of those criteria, it does not yet have the absolute control over the country that other fascist regimes had. The emphasis being on "yet"

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 10 points 2 weeks ago

You spent an awful lot of energy on whining when you could have just added the source easily yourself lol

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't think the last one has been completely ticked when you have people like Mamdani getting elected. But don't worry, Trump and his minions are working around the clock to change that.

[–] eldebryn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Fraudulent elections is not the same as "exclusively, full-proof, fraudulent elections".

We know that Musk has affected at least one election and one is more than enough of a spit on the face of democracy.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 0 points 2 weeks ago

🌎🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

Always has been