Not sure if this is the best way to share a Mastodon toot, but it really helped me understand what fascism is. The essay by Umberto Eco referenced in the toot is one of the gold standard references for identifying and understanding fascist movements.
Is Russia a fascist dictatorship?
Submitted 8 months ago by 3volver@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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malibu43@lemmy.world 8 months ago
muse@kbin.social 8 months ago
Short Answer? Yes. Long answer? Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.
ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Forced Conscription. Check. Rigged Elections and kills all opposing candidates. Check. Control of the state media and news outlets. Check. Sounds right to me.
masquenox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Forced Conscription.
Lol! Conscription is forced by definition.
Rigged Elections
If this was a definition of fascism the US would qualify as fascist as well.
kills all opposing candidates
This was a thing long before Mussolini thought up the word “fascist.”
Control of the state media and news outlets.
Again, all states exert control over the media inside the territories they control.
This is not how you go about describing something as fascist.
ivanafterall@kbin.social 8 months ago
Absolutely.
PoliticallyIncorrect@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t think so.
realcaseyrollins 8 months ago
Yep. Don't let the low grocery store prices fool ya.
realcaseyrollins 8 months ago
Here's an example from literally today:
IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Yes. Full stop.