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I would like to see your definition of fascism under which the German government is proto-fascist.
by ahartmetz 2mo ago
I would like to see your definition of fascism under which the German government is proto-fascist.
- p-e-w 2mo agoAn authoritarian state that exercises oppressive power through legalistic institutions in league with a corporate oligarchy.
- panarky 2mo agoGermany has its problems, but it's consistently in the top 15 most democratic nations in the world. Calling a solidly democratic nation "fascist" is a rhetorical reversal straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
- antonkochubey 2mo agoGermany’s last officially fascist government was democratically elected
- panarky 2mo agoCitation needed.
- sekh60 2mo agoFor Hitler? He won the most seats of all the parties in the Reichstag in 1932 with 37 or so percent of the vote. That majority would normally have gotten him appointed as Chancellor (by tradition). He used violence and backroom dealing to get from that majority to become Führer, but without a doubt Hitler did get his foot into the door democratically.
- panarky 2mo agoHe was never democratically elected.
- p-e-w 2mo ago> Germany has its problems, but it's consistently in the top 15 most democratic nations in the world. According to what? Some think tank’s “democracy index”, carefully constructed to preserve the illusion that Western countries are free and democratic? That’s begging the question.
- peterfirefly 2mo agoGermany does not look "solidly democratic" from the outside.
- ahartmetz 2mo agoSource: Russia Today?