Comments by "" (@TheHuxleyAgnostic) on "Should We Be Calling Trumpist Republicans Fascist?" video.

@KingoftheJuice18 You don't need to be competent to be a fascist. Many tin pot dictators only managed to get and maintain their power with US assistance. "Fascism is the complete opposite of Marxian socialism" ~ Mussolini The Marxist ideal is a stateless non-authoritarian socialism. The complete opposite is an ultra-nationalistic authoritarian crony capitalism. Republicans have been close to filling in the last anti-democratic box for years. Cruz encouraged this nonsense, that moves them to being overtly anti-democratic. He's a fascist.
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@KingoftheJuice18 "Non authoritarian", "authoritarian", "capitalism", and "socialism" cover a lot of things. They're just overview words. Fascists: ultra-nationalistic, anti-communist, anti-socialist, anti-unionist, anti-feminist (promoted traditional home life), anti-democratic, pro-military expansion, pro-police expansion, backed by big business (crony capitalists), backed by religious extremists ... pretty much everything Cruz is. I think the US needs a major wake up call. It's Overton window goes from far right to centrism ("radical left", "communism", "far left", etc.). And, it's authoritarianism, compared to other developed countries, is insane. Those nutters should be called what they are, and be held accountable for what they just incited.
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@KingoftheJuice18 You seem to have reading comprehension problems. I was describing fascism. It is authoritarian and capitalist. I never said there can't be forms of authoritarian socialism. I never said their can't be non authoritarian capitalism. And you can't seem to get unstuck from people having a few of the characteristics. I never said having a few makes you a fascist. I outright said it just indicates where you'd be on a political compass. Having all the characteristics would make you a fascist. Cruz just helped incite a coup attempt, and has been spouting bullshit propaganda against the democratic process in an attempt to circumvent the will of the people and put a dictator in power. 28 fucking percent of Republicans didn't want Trump conceding, no matter what. That is millions who wanted a dictator, ffs. The US is batshit crazy, atm, and needs a serious wakeup call, before it gets worse. It's like you just witnessed the Beer Hall Putsch and still weren't quite sure if the NSDAP were really fascists.
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@SimonTBam Trump and most Republicans are not completely unfettered capitalists. They want the state to fund their massive military and policing. They back fed controls on the economy. They back "socialism" for the rich, sharing their losses with the nation, but not their gains. They're crony capitalists, wanting to benefit those who already have a ton of money, most, including their giant corporate donors. Libertarians are the ones who want unfettered capitalism, with a minimalist government, military, and justice system, no fed. Ancappers want unfettered capitalism with no government. Only a few Republicans consistently act more like Libertarians, the rest spew words, but then consistently vote to increase government power (Patriot Act, ICE, military, police, endless wars, their own pork items, etc). Hitler was backed by leading industrialists, who were definitely out to make a profit. He handed them confiscated wealth and businesses from Jews, he handed them conquered businesses and resources, he handed them slave labor, he destroyed unions and outlawed striking (workers' power), etc. They made a killing, before he started losing on them. Some huge German corporations, that are still around today, came out of WWII pretty well off.
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@KingoftheJuice18 You were literally spouting strawman nonsense that I never said, and repeatedly trying to broaden category beyond what I said to a point where you could then imply I'm labelling too many people, when it was you who did it. I assumed you weren't dishonest, and simply misread and misunderstood. If you prefer me saying you're dishonest, then so be it. A guy named Mussolini conveniently wrote the doctrine of fascism, as well as an Italian encyclopedia entry on what is fascism, describing what he meant by "fascism". Plus some extra characteristics from common historical actions (Me not limiting characteristics strictly to what Mussolini wrote actually lessens who would be a fascist. I can broaden the category to only what he wrote, if you want.). If you don't allow that it can be identified by certain characteristics, then you don't allow that it exists. Republicans have checked off almost all those boxes, for decades. They took in the extreme anti-socialist McCarthy types, they took in the southern racists, they took in the religious extremists, they took in the Koch backed Tea Party nutters, and now Trump cultists and Qanoners. They've been fed so much propaganda that FOX viewers are less informed than people who watch no news at all. Even gerrymandering, disenfranchising, and suppression, already made them somewhat anti-democratic. Now, 28% of Republicans outright don't want Trump to concede under any circumstances, over a hundred Republican lawmakers wanted to overthrow an audited and certified election, that all election officials were saying was secure, and you're just not quite sure, yet. What would it take?
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@KingoftheJuice18 This isn't a mental health thing. This is an ideology thing. The more capitalism and more authoritarianism, or their opposites, it moves your position on a political compass. Which of those doesn't apply to Cruz?
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@KingoftheJuice18 What, exactly, do you think the bulk of fascists are, if not ignorant, misinformed, and deeply misguided people? I mean, we released the bulk of them back into the world, and they went about their business.
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@KingoftheJuice18 Yeah, the US is almost completely right of center and pretty authoritarian. I didn't say a single one of those things made someone a fascist. Which one of those doesn't describe Cruz? Does he have all of the boxes checked?
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Yes. Fascist: ultra-nationalistic, anti-union, anti-socialist, anti-communist, anti-feminist, anti-democratic, backed by big business (crony capitalism), backed by religious extremists, pro military expansion, pro police expansion ... Republicans have been dipping their toes into all out fascism with gerrymandering, disenfranchising, and voter suppression. This latest nonsense is overtly anti-democratic and fills in the last box.
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