Went on there and found an article called “Fascism and The New Deal”, and I actually think that title is pretty fucking based. Of course the website explains that FDR was a fascist because of Big Gommunist Government and him being a

🚨LOONY LEFTIE🚨.

I just think it’s funny whenever communist and conservative language seems to align because of how completely delusional conservatives are. Makes me understand the liberal delusion of Horseshoe Theory just a little bit. I wonder if there’s any other examples of language lining up like this.

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      Calling FDR a fascist makes little sense from both a theory standpoint and a “how can we build socialism in the imperial core” standpoint. It matters to be careful with the term because calling everyone a fascist just gets people to tune you out.

      He’s better held up as an example of (1) the flaws of liberalism, even when you have a liberal pushing an aggressive agenda with a ton of political power over ~15 years, and (2) the double standards applied designated western enemies; e.g., Japanese internment would be portrayed as some moral event horizon and compared to Nazi extermination camps had a Bad Country did it.

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        we lose the opportunity to see the new deal as a liberal policy that can be pointed to when libs defend “capitalism, but without fascism!”

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          Not all capitalism is fascism, though, and there are plenty of problems with capitalism even when it doesn’t devolve into fascism. I think that’s an even stronger point: even when capitalism is “done right,” look at all the issues with it.