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Antifa isn't any more "anti-fascist" than the People's Democratic Republic of (North) Korea is a "democratic republic", or than old-school Pravda contained trut
by Turing_Machine 8y ago
Antifa isn't any more "anti-fascist" than the People's Democratic Republic of (North) Korea is a "democratic republic", or than old-school Pravda contained truth.
They are violent communists.
P.S. there haven't been any real fascists for, like, 70 years. So, mission accomplished then?
- v_lisivka 8y agoWikipedia: Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism,[1][2] characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy,[3] which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. Putin? Dictatorial power: yes, suppression of opposition: yes, forcible regimentation of society and of the economy: yes, radical ultranationalism: yes.
- Turing_Machine 8y agoI have not noticed any "antifa" "protests" in Moscow, have you? Wikipedia is a poor source for such definitions, by the way. It reflects the political agenda of the last person to edit the page. In fact, fascism (and national socialism in general) are heresies of socialism. Fascists are only "on the right" if you're Stalin. Fascism and communism have far more commonalities than they have differences. For example, Mussolini was a high official in the Italian Socialist party until he broke with the "international" socialists during WWI, and switched to his own brand of "national" socialism. Neither type of socialism has much in common with the classical liberalism that has historically been the guiding philosophy of the United States. In practice, "fascist" today appears to simply mean "someone who isn't a communist".