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That Biden, such a strong debater. Such a domineering force that he set up the executive branch in a way that Trump, try as he might, couldn’t figure out a fix.

• krapp 2y ago
  One of the primary features of fascist rhetoric is that the enemy is presented as both strong and weak at the same time. Remember many of these people believe Biden created COVID and orchestrated a vast conspiracy to steal the election in 2020, all while being a feeble old man riddled with dementia. Obviously Biden's administration was so terrible, so damaging, that the catastrophic reverberations of it will be felt for years to come. Drastic actions will need to be taken, and sacrifices will need to be made. That sort of thing.
  • orwin 2y ago
    I disagree, this is a secondary feature: this contradiction came from fascist mythos: ``` We are the best because of our culture/genes (genetics was Nazi, culture was italian/Spanish fascism), but a global cabal led by both external and internal ennemies (often communists or anarchists for the fascists, plus jews for the Nazis, hence "judeo-bolchevism") prevent us from reaching our full potential, which will only be reached if we get all the "Lebensraum" or "Spazio vitale" we deserve. ``` Weirdly it create this contradiction, of an enemy undeserving but temporally stronger. Another secondary feature i find interesting is how fascism target first "strong" conservatives before liberals (Shleicher was killed, Luther and Bruning quasi-ignored). Weak turncoats however are treated very well (Von Papen is the most obvious example).