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[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You ignore 50% of the political compass here - authoritarianism sucks just as much as fascism or unbridled capitalism.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

At the extreme, sure. Authority/Anarchy isn't a binary selection. (Fascism is an authoritarian position, specifically it's a right-nationalist movement centered on cultural identity)

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure the one thing to say about fascism besides it being authoritarian is that it wants corporate control. Mussolini was debating calling it Corporatism.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And that is exactly the situation in Russia: it's an

  • right-nationalist ("rescuing" suppressed people from the evil Ukraine - that one is super ironic because it's exactly the same argumentation Germany used with the Sudetendeutsche)
  • authoritarian (arrests for holding up empty pieces of paper, drafting for the war - but only in the poor areas far away from Moscow) regime
  • centered on cultural identity (anti-gay laws, "restoring the CCCP", persisting propaganda comparing the Ukraine war with WW2, "we have to defend ourselves from NATO)

It's pretty late, so i don't repeat the exercise for China or bring up more examples - i'm pretty sure that if you try to counter my points someone else will give you more examples.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

At no point in here have I said that Russia isn't a fascist state. It checks all the boxes: violent, authoritarian, nationalist, suppressing minorities and marginalized groups, single party, lots of corruption. You're confusing my Communist sympathies with uncritical support for the modern regime dressed in red.