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Interesting. What's your definition of fascist?

It’s a fascist administration. Musk is one of many fascists.

If everything is fascist, then nothing is.

It's hard to believe that one of the reasons people are doubting he gave two fascist salutes is because he was shit at giving two fascist salutes.

Uruk was a fascist state.

Saying things like this just renders the word fascist meaningless.

Not wanting to delve too deeply into defining fascism as a political ideology but he's not really 100% fascist. The whole corporatist thing would be a bit of a turn off for him. He is most certainly a fash fellow traveller, promoter and enabler with a liking for fascist imagery though. He's also...

Yeh right the USA was fascist before mussolini was born :facepalm:

I've answered this on here in detail in the past, so you can do a search for it if you're interested. It's why I have characterised Trump as a 'wannabe fascist dictator', whether or not his regime actually ends up being functionally fascist.

The USA has always been a fascist country.

Here's AI's view. But it's a complex definition for a complex man. Personally I think he's very much on the spectrum and seems to go where the breeze blows. I wouldn't however, argue with Trump's analysis of him as a genius. I do think he is. In a fucked fucked up way.

We don't need this fascist groove thang.

Listening to the Rest is Politics and they're all making excuses for not calling Trump a fascist. The Mooch cuts in "He's a fucking fascist!"

This is where the Wittgensteinian idea of family resemblances is useful, I think. In the checklist of Fascist-like characteristics, each fascist may not tick every single box, and there won't be a hard barrier between fascist/not-fascist. That enables you to place someone like Juan Peron, who...

If you acknowledge he's a fascist then whether he "meant it" in that very moment (first one or when he went back for seconds) or not is, in practice, largely moot. He did it, it's in line with his beliefs, and it gave support and succor to the fascist wing of American politics.

Whilst smoking out of the window. Obviously. Bloody health fascist EU

...not meaningless whether he meant it or not though in terms of what it means for wider society if someone can covertly or openly perform a fascist salute on a mainstream political stage like that or not. I'm not actually sure if I'd describe Musk as a fascist although he definitely courts...

Still spewing lies and hatred. Lying fascist bastard. If there is a God, strike the cunt down.

from a newsletter i get. Historians: He’s a fascist Political scientists: He’s a fascist His own aides: He’s a fascist The NYT: He shows a wistful longing for a bygone era of global politics.

Ok. But you agree that fascists are not necessarily Nazis. What makes Musk a Nazi, but not Trump, Thatcher or Farage?