• GarlicToast@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    This shit is so misleading. Fascism isn’t the only authoritarianism. They too are anti-fascists. But you don’t get free speech.

    Nor is it a white only problem, or deadly only to Jewish people.

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      7 months ago

      I’d like to bet your average hard Antfa is a whole lot less authoritarian than the average Mega fan.

      And while I agree that authoritarianism is bad, so is libertarianism (see Theresa May)

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          7 months ago

          Communism by its nature must be combined with authoritarianism so yes.

          But it would be wrong to conflate communism with current western left wing policies.

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            7 months ago

            Current western left wing values is too broad of a term.

            From great ideas such as equal rights, that goes into the small details. Phrasing questions in classrooms to males only for examples. With great science behind it to show that it in fact removes success bias for males in maths.

            To destructive ideas such as diversity hires.

            From great ideas such as financial help to disabled people.

            To destructive ideas such as forcing small businesses to be accessable with heavy fines that may break them.

            From great ideas such as opposing the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.

            To destructive ideas such as supporting Hamas. Which is a big WTF for me.