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Caliman73

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7. It is a suicide cult

Reply to paulkienitz (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 22, 2020, 11:45 PM

Feb 2020

They try to define an "us" that can never truly be defined, fight for power, and even if they achieve it, they can never be at peace and eventually will consumer each other.

Problem is that they will try to take everyone else down with them.

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I think I am coming up with a one-sentence definition of fascism. [View all] paulkienitz Feb 2020 OP

I have a one-word definition of fascism: tRump!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #1

well, that's harder to generalize from. paulkienitz Feb 2020 #2

Here is a simple but I think good description of Fascism. Caliman73 Feb 2020 #3

"Palingenetic Ultranationalism" is, I think, a subset of my definition paulkienitz Feb 2020 #4

It is a suicide cult Caliman73 Feb 2020 #7

I think I'll tweak it a bit paulkienitz Feb 2020 #5

I always say fascism is the melding of corporate and political power... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #6