You sure he wasn't talking about Chile's Pinochet? At least that one led a military junta, and was somewhat to the right of center.
I had a roommate in college, a refugee from Argentina who married an American girl for a green card or something and he INSISTED Juan Peron was a RIGHT-WING fascist leader of a military JUNTA, yadda yadda.
Sounded like gobbledegook to me then as well as now, but I was premed, did all my poly-sci while earning an AA at Monterey Peninsula college a decade earlier while stationed at Ft. Ord in the 70’s, supported Prop 10, other reasonable government-restricting legislation, voted for Reagan, etc., but never considered myself a republican and absolutely despised Jimmy Carter..
So I’ve read about his takeover (Peron’s, not Carter’s), command/control economy, “the disappearing” of political enemies, social indoctrination/propaganda, etc., over the decades and if anything, Peron was a CLASSIC leftist/socialist.
Am I wrong?
I also think Peron was a leftist, statist.
When a populist gets elected or seizes power, there is a never ending chain of economically destructive policies on programs to patronize their base. Their base never truly prospers, remains poor and dependent . The country withers as capital is squandered on non productive projects. Yet this political formula has resulted in populist/celebrities and their ilk keeping power for prolonged periods. Currently the US is suffering this phenomena.
Jill Biden reminds me a little of Evita.
Am I wrong?
Words are redefined by others and our selves. But once we are united then things can happen.
What is a conservative?
https://kirkcenter.org/russell-kirk/thought/
https://kirkcenter.org/conservatism/ten-conservative-principles/
The best definition of conservative I can find. Print it and give you your friends and enemies
Fascism is just another branch/brand name of leftism.
Also, NAZI Socialism is another branch/brand name of leftism.
Peron was a leftist. As was Mussolini, and the National Socialist German Workers Party ( Nazis)
Communists declared that any socialists who did not obey the USSR were fascists.
Juan Peron was a Nazi admirer who used the Military Junta to take over Argentina, aided and abetted by his wife, the former whore Evita.
The thing is, leftist/socialist/communists are all fascists, and dictators. They are for GOVERNMENT control of everything - which is absurd.
Conservative, ‘right wingers’, etc. are for minimalist government, and self determination. Rule of law equally applied to all, not just the ‘peons’.
A dictator from the right is usually authoritarian while one from the left is usually totalitarian.
You sure he wasn't talking about Chile's Pinochet? At least that one led a military junta, and was somewhat to the right of center.