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Act_of_Reparation

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6. Paxton would agree.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 13, 2020, 03:57 PM

Aug 2020

Fascism is primarily defined by its presentation of a "chosen people", and their continued struggle to reclaim what is "theirs".

I don't know that fascism is necessarily tied to capitalism, but there is a strong association between the two. Fascists don't like "weak" people and see capitalism as a means to cull them from society.

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