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Nazis. These are Nazis.
I'm honestly not a fan of calling these people nazis, as there is a very clear definition of what a national socialist is, and throwing any far right authoritarians in with them diminishes that definition.
They're MAGA, let's tie that definition to their actions. This is MAGA behaviour, this is what MAGA does.
EDIT: Oh cool, so this is just an echo chamber then? We got people straight up calling me a nazi sympathizer for trying to make the point that maybe not every god damn authoritarian is a "nazi".
You know, just call them whatever you fucking like. I’m done.
You're technically correct. But nazi has become a shorthand for fascist over the years and they are definitely fascists.
No, by definition they’re not fascists either, but these words get thrown around so much that they’ve lost all meaning so sure. Call them whatever the fuck you like.
Would you like a long list of people who study fascism and absolutely disagree with your assessment?
Lol, so you don't actually know what fascists are. Literally the definition of fascism:
Please, explain how "by definition" they're not fascists when the political philosophy they're putting in place is fascism.
(If you're wondering why you're being called a sympathizer, it's [charitably] because you're saying things that the Nazis say, and you don't understand the words you're [mis]using.)