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Honestly, to me the only thing that differentiates Western white supremacists and similar fascist-adjacent groups from Middle Eastern extreme fundamentalists is
by tavavex 10mo ago
Honestly, to me the only thing that differentiates Western white supremacists and similar fascist-adjacent groups from Middle Eastern extreme fundamentalists is that the latter had enough power to exercise total control over entire nations, shaping them to their whims. But this is just an outcome of circumstance, if the far-rightists are allowed to reshape a country to their liking (which we are increasingly allowing to happen) the results wouldn't be so different.
I'm definitely curious why so many people simultaneously hold the viewpoints where the second group has it coming for them and rightfully deserve to be bulldozed out of existence, but the first should be treated with understanding and compassion.
- anthk 10mo agoThe first years of Francoism Spain were just the Catholic Sharia but with the Bible. Even under Democracy women weren't allowed to open a bank account until 1978 (3 years after Franco's death). Have you ever been curious about what the life could been under MAGA's with the Christianism raised with full powers? Read about the first years of that regime, from 1939 to 1953. Replace Catholicism with Evangelism or any major American Christian branch and that's pretty much the same. Oh, and the economic collapse. That would be a thing, too. When the scientists are fed with bullshit and flee away your whole economy collapses.
- JohnFen 10mo ago> Even under Democracy women weren't allowed to open a bank account until 1978 (3 years after Franco's death). It wasn't many years earlier than that when the same thing was generally true in the US as well. My mother had a few horror stories about that. That is one of many travesties that were part of the time that MAGA wants to roll the US back to.