Everything I don’t like is fascism, the more I don’t like it the more fascism-er it is
Comment on Unified Theory of American Reality
axx@slrpnk.net 3 weeks agoI don’t think I’ve ever read a description or definition of fascism where the population being immature is a thing.
What do you mean?
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The elements of fascism could be construed as a childish/immature perception of reality, where the performance/aesthetics of maturity (particularly as perceived by chauvinistic men) is paramount. The examples listed in this post speak to uniformed (i.e childish) views on power, masculinity, and justice. These topics, among others, are sticking points of every flavor of fascism.
I’m not necessarily saying that this means the american population is immature, but our current fascist regime utilizes these tropes (among other elements of american culture) in their rhetoric, propaganda, and policy decisions to influence the population in pursuit of fascist ends.