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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16451158
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this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2026
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To flesh the last statement out.
The U.S. Did Not Defeat Fascism in WWII, It Discreetly Internationalized It
That was a interesting essay for sure. I am a bit more critical based on the evidence. The US was always fascist rather than just adopting fascism because it just made sense when choosing sides during the Cold War.
How do you define fascism that just isn't conservative and imperialist?
Fascism = Bad right!? J/k
Fascism takes many forms and uses many rhetorics. For me, I look for the signs like hyper-capitalism, wealth gaps, and the majority of policy written by/for the wealthy. This combined with feverish nationalism, obsession with security, militarism, scapegoating, and control of media.
As Mussolini put it, fascism is just corporatism. I think modern day corporatocracy is the evolution of corporatism. So if your county is ruled by business interests, like most of the world, you probably are living in a country with fascist tendencies. Fascism is also a scale where you can see nations like the US with lots of fascism and places like Norway with much less fascism.