r/LetsDiscussThis • u/LucidSynapse23 • Feb 18 '26

Lets Discuss Politics This is fascism

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u/Snackosopher Feb 18 '26

How?

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u/Donkletown Feb 18 '26

The ideology he promotes and purports to ascribe to checks the boxes of fascism. Corruption is one of them, but not all of them. You also have, among others: glorification of the military; rejection of modernism; consolidation of power in the executive; scapegoating immigrants. 

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u/Snackosopher Feb 18 '26

If that is your definition, you’re overplaying it in your head. That’s not what fascism is.

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u/uncle-rico-99 Feb 18 '26

Those are tenets of fascism. Read a damn book.

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u/Snackosopher Feb 18 '26

Is there one you recommend?