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Is there a genuine threat of fascism taking power? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 1 month ago by borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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With the rapidly worsening of the material conditions of the general population in the 'west', will we see a rerun of the early 20th century? I feel we are approaching the point where the bourgeoisie are so desperate to cling on that the 'democratic' institutions of today might be in danger.

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[–] scarcity_of_the_self@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Fascists have been securely in power in the US for some time now. Decades and decades. Fascism never went away after the peak imperialist era of the US. Ideology is a flexible tool for fascists, a skeleton key to deny reality and push will to power for them and compliance for everyone else, with some cheap concessions. They behave differently when out of power, gaining/losing power, or securely in control. And they are fractious beyond belief. People on here were joking about fascist ideologue Tucker Carlson claiming the left knows how to unite, but it is as ridiculous to claim the same thing about right ideologues or the bourgeoisie.

If you feel threatened by the fascist infighting, may I recommend stepping out of the way? Instead of following the call to arms coming from NGOs which exist to sop up radical grassroots energies and channel them into a structure defined by financial backers which can obliterate NGOs whenever they aren't worth maintaining?