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>the Soviet Union was arguably fascist // You appear to be starting from an assumption that everything USSR did, politically, was left-wing; and thus concludin
by pbhjpbhj 6y ago
>the Soviet Union was arguably fascist //
You appear to be starting from an assumption that everything USSR did, politically, was left-wing; and thus concluding that fascism can be left wing.
A dictator is diametrical opposed to left-wing ideology.
What you're doing is like saying uxoricide (murdering your wife) is part of FOSS, because a proponent of FOSS did it.
- mirimir 6y ago> You appear to be starting from an assumption that everything USSR did, politically, was left-wing; and thus concluding that fascism can be left wing. No, I did not. Basically I'm arguing that the USSR pretended to be "left-wing" but were actually "right-wing". So perhaps they were fascist, but that doesn't imply that truly left-wing governments and movements are fascist.
- wolco 6y agoThe USSR is what happens when you take left wing to the extreme. Go too far replacing free speech with right speech and you get censorship. Censorship requires a heavy police state to enforce. It's the natural progression.