• germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      12 days ago

      There is no definition of fascism that is exclusively that. Let’s take a list of key features defined by Umberto Eco, who was the expert on fascism and you can decide for yourself if Harris fits that:

      • The cult of tradition
      • The rejection of modernism
      • The cult of action for action’s sake
      • Disagreement is treason
      • Fear of difference
      • Appeal to social frustration
      • The enemy is both strong and weak
      • Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy
      • Contempt for the weak
      • Everybody is educated to become a hero
      • Machismo and weaponry
      • Selective populism
      • Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak