Is Russia a fascist dictatorship?

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• IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yes. Full stop.

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• malibu43@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  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.

  mas.to/@markarayner/111767456555766094

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• muse@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Short Answer? Yes. Long answer? Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.

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  • ExfilBravo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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    • masquenox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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• ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Absolutely.

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• PoliticallyIncorrect@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I don’t think so.

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• realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yep. Don't let the low grocery store prices fool ya.

  • realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Here's an example from literally today:

    https://lemmit.online/post/2229424