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    12 hours ago

    fascism is always seeking enemies internal and external and “punishing” them

    1. Morality police definitely not hurting anyone. /s
    2. Iran is not in opposition to western imperialism at all, actually, they are surrounded by friends. /s

    That being said, I don’t think I would characterize Iran as fascist.

    If you really want to define fascism, you need to understand how it appears:

    Fascism is a counter-revolutionary reactionary movement led by finance capital and a form of dictatorship of the bourgeoisie which emerged during periods of economic crisis in imperialist countries. In other words, fascism is capitalism in decay.

    Thus many of its characteristics becomes an aesthetic dependant on the specific material conditions and social superstructure of its origins.