To liberals, the Nazis weren’t fascist because they believed in big government, they were fascist because they were racist. And liberals always get to decide who is racist, which is to say, everyone else.
Well said.
History has shown time and time again that authoritarian/totalitarian/fascist state power always leads to bad things.
People who want the power of the state to be their saving justice (because they always think it’s a good thing and the historical figures all got it wrong somehow) need very very desperately to distance themselves from historical fact, so they (quite brilliantly) accuse those who believe in liberty and the autonomous individual of what they don’t want to be accused of. It’s only brilliant because it’s always difficult to retort with what is effectively saying “No I’m not, you are!”
bttt
Yes, the whole fascism thing is truly absurd. I came to conservatism through libertarianism because I recognized that the main threat to individual liberty and human thriving comes from the left and their love of control freak central government. I and the other conservatives I know are anything but fascists. It is a completely absurd claim. But, that’s the left for you. They are at war with reality and fully willing to weaponize absurdity.
If you think that everything is generated by society, so resources should be allocated by its agent, the State, you are a #Collectivist.
If you think private property should only be tolerated if it serves the public interest as determined by the State, you are a Statist Collectivist #Fascist.
Fascism and leftardism have the same fundamentals and essentials. In a nutshell, socialism requires statism, which requires altruism, mindless submission & obedience & duty,and collectivism, which requires the irrationalism of social subjectivism, relativism, emotionalism, polylogism, and nihilism, which requires the psychology of low self esteem & dependency & victimization, which requires primacy of consciousness and pragmatism.
These are the opposite of the principles of the founding fathers
I only associate with the first group, and if engaged politically with the second or third I unleash holy terror and brimstone upon them until they pee themselves and crawl away having learned never to appear that stupid before me again.
Of the second group I only wish painful death and am prepared to mete it out if necessary. Of the third only shame and banishment will suffice.
But I really have no strong opinions on the matter.
L8r