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Fascism is capitalism in decay. As with anticommunism in general, the ruling class has oversimplified this phenomenon to the point of absurdity and teaches but a small fraction of its history. This is the spot for getting a serious understanding of it (from a more proletarian perspective) and collecting the facts that contemporary anticommunists are unlikely to discuss.
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Ironic Brownshirting is just Brownshirting with less confidence.
I didn't post it, I'm just explaining what I think the author intended. But I certainly don't agree with them. I come from an immigrant family that fled the original brownshirts.
Yeah, I understand this post is not reflective of your own views. I'm just pointing out that fascist rhetoric starts our pretty cagey, or by being edgy as a way of testing the water before jumping in. I read through some of those comments and this really isn't satire, the resentment, anger and blame is authentic. It's thinly veiled racism, at best.
Ah, thanks. I agree now that I've gotten more context.
I was a bit on edge because some jerk tried calling me a racist for suggesting maybe this isn't the fascism it looks like (sadly, turns out it is). So I thought perhaps you were calling me a brownshirt, which is a particularly nasty insult against people of my origin.
I'm sorry, I could have been more concise. I didn't mean for that comment to come across as an accusation toward you. I think we're all pretty fried watching this endless fascist nightmare, and I'll admit being pretty sensitive about anything that looks like apologia toward this shit, too. It can take some real patience and mental discipline sometimes ; )
Whew. 100% to all that. Cheers and hang in there, friend.