As fascism is actually happening in parts of the country, “antifa” is nowhere to be seen, presumably holed away in their parents’ basements, anxiously waiting for the day they can bravely protest a conservative speaking at a college campus

Twitter ^ | May 2, 2020 | Allie Beth Stuckey

[grundle]

As fascism is actually happening in parts of the country, “antifa” is nowhere to be seen, presumably holed away in their parents’ basements, anxiously waiting for the day they can bravely protest a conservative speaking at a college campus

[Telepathic Intruder]

Severe economic control is only one aspect of fascism. If you’re saying there are no others then how did 6 million Jews end up getting exterminated in Nazi Germany? Economic forces? Or are you saying that the Nazis weren’t fascists?

[Vermont Lt]

You are confusing National Socialism with Facism.

The mistake you are making is confusion the economic system with the dictatorship and anti Semitic position of the leaders. Fascism, as an economic system is not originally anti Semitic. That was Hitlers thing.

[Telepathic Intruder]

You're using details to avoid the main issue. It doesn't matter that there was anti-Semitism which has nothing to do with fascism. How did Hitler get the power to round up and exterminate 6 million Jews? Because he was the leader of a fascist system. And like many others, you think that socialism and fascism are mutually exclusive terms. The Nazis rose to power using a socialist platform, and then established a fascist government. Where does it say that fascism is a purely economic system? If words have relative meaning depending on who you're talking to then we might as well bark like dogs instead.

From Merriam-Webster:

fascism:
1
often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition