• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Absolutely. We’re seeing a return of authoritarian candidates in many first world nations. The people that witnessed Hitler’s rise are mostly gone, leaving many to overlook or minimize similar patterns of behavior.

    As far as the US is concerned, Trump made the hat. Someone else will put it on.

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      The dominance of the far-right in France’s elections and in European elections in general this cycle is really frightening. That being said, I think a lot of their success comes from tactics inspired by Trump’s… Trump became an internet icon, he was turned into a piece of popular culture. The European far-right are doing the same, they’re REALLY good at social media propoganda and utilising social media to get young people to vote for them. Looking at 2019 vs 2024, the difference in young voters’ attitudes would be unbelievable then.

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        4 months ago

        Russian psyops. They’re beaten The West without firing a shot, except for Ukraine and Syria.

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          Ha! If you think fascism in Europe is going to end well for Russia, you don’t remember history.

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            Russia itself is already fascist. It is currently ethnically purging Crimea, and festers on patriottism and nationalism, with a person cult, a single dominant party, and cronyism.

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              Doesn’t matter all that much. Fascism needs enemies, even within the same ideology.

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            The fascism on the rise right now isnt the same as in the 30s and russia right now isnt the same as in the 30s. I dont see any reason to believe that the european fascists would turn on their biggest supporter.