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minus-squareitisileclerk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·3 days agoEvery fascist regime was established in democratic elections. No fascist regime was overthrown in democratic elections.
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoFascism is proof that capitalism is incompatible with democracy.
minus-squareHerr_S_aus_H@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoTo be the pedantic smart ass that I am, Mussolini in Italy and Franco in Spain weren’t voted in.
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days ago Every fascist regime was established in democratic elections This feels questionable at best— there’s a lonnnnnggg history of rulers in countries prior to democracy
minus-squareNonconfrontational@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoFascism is less than 100 years old.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoSimply not true. Not all fascist regimes came out of elections. Many, many governments arose from coups, usually military. You can’t shift a government from Democratic to fascist, if it was never democratic in the first place.
Every fascist regime was established in democratic elections. No fascist regime was overthrown in democratic elections.
Fascism is proof that capitalism is incompatible with democracy.
To be the pedantic smart ass that I am, Mussolini in Italy and Franco in Spain weren’t voted in.
This feels questionable at best— there’s a lonnnnnggg history of rulers in countries prior to democracy
Fascism is less than 100 years old.
Simply not true. Not all fascist regimes came out of elections. Many, many governments arose from coups, usually military.
You can’t shift a government from Democratic to fascist, if it was never democratic in the first place.