Fahran wrote:Kowani wrote:i would question why we expect american fascism-using the contested term broadly-to fit into the blocks of european fascism, instead of being an analogue to it
beyond the fact that one is mostly run by idiots and astroturfed (and out of control) disinformation chambers, which i feel is somewhat critical to any discussion of it
I mean... there has been at least some distinction between American white nationalists and fascists/Nazis traditionally, hence why I would caution against even using the term when the other trappings and ideological tenets of fascism are absent from an ideology. A lot of self-declared antifascists seem to want it to be a meaninglessly catch-all term for political ideologies they dislike, regardless of how they might differ. Hence NVA using it to describe neocons on a routine basis.
Describing neocons as fascist?
I feel weird rn.