Comments by "Snack Plissken" (@snackplissken8192) on "Why Fascism Is Neither Right-Wing nor Left-Wing (Economically)" video.

I think the book "The Dictator's Handbook" has the right of it. Essentially, a politician's real ideology is their own political survival. If they need the support of wide swaths of the people, and can easily be removed, they will do what the people want. If they need only a few influential supporters and are hard to remove, they rule exactly the same as any other tyrant, regardless of their stated party. Every ruler dreams of pulling up the ladder behind them to ensure perpetual power, and that is why their policies change when their circumstances change.
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