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zwirbl | 4 months ago

> I am pretty sure the vast majority of people are opposed to fascism.

Looking at current day politics of most western countries, I'm not so sure about that anymore. Most people are only opposed to being labeled as such while supporting fascist politics

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graemep|4 months ago

> Looking at current day politics of most western countries, I'm not so sure about that anymore. Most people are only opposed to being labeled as such while supporting fascist politics

Only by broadening the definition of fascism to the point of meaninglessness.

It is clearly not true against any reasonable definition of fascism (e.g. Umberto Eco's 14 features of fascism)