Comments by "Historia, Magistra Vitae" (@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.) on "DW News" channel.

  1.  @Luis_Stereo  : Well yes, he is not extreme right, which would be Anarcho-Capitalism. He is just far-right, i.e. Libertarian.
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  2. He is both. Libertarianism is a far-right ideology after all.
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  3. Trump has nothing to do with Fascism whatsoever, nor is he following "the fascist playbook chapter and verse" ... otherwise he would have declared himself a socialist long time ago.
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  4.  @carinaekstrom1  : Laurence Britt wasn't a historian, and he had no clue about Fascism.
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  5.  @carinaekstrom1  "he still put together a very important list, and those are the charecteristics people go by these days. " That list has nothing to do with Fascism though. They are rather generic traits of Totalitarian and Dictatorial regime. None of them are unique to Fascism.
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  6.  @carinaekstrom1  "If you'd rather go by Umberto Eco's list from 1995, that's fine as well, very similar, and fits Trump perfectly. " That list has the same problem. All of the traits are generic and used by almost every Totalitarian and Dictatorial regime and none of them are unique to Fascism.
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  7.  @carinaekstrom1  "And that's the point, to be able to recognize fascism in a modern setting." There is no Fascism in our modern setting. That's the point.
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  8.  @carinaekstrom1  "Could be, but fascism has them all, so no reason to not call it fascism. Modern fascism." It has nothing to do with Fascism and there is no such thing as "modern fascism" unless we are strictly talking about Neo-Fascism, however only such active and notable movement is in Argentina, known as Peronism.
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  9.  @carinaekstrom1  "Neo-Fascism works fine with me. Many such movements in The US. And Trump fits right in." Are are no Fascist nor Neo-Fascist movements in your country. None.
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  10.  @carinaekstrom1  : There is no Fascism in any country, not in the US nor in Europe. Again, the only active and notable Neo-Fascist movement is in Argentina, known as Peronism.
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  11.  @Charles-t7z  "Of course Liberals hate fascism but that's what they've become with their woke policies, censorship and insistence that all adhere to their ideology." They aren't Liberals though. They are just progressive Leftists and if anything, they are antithetical to Liberalism.
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  12. Wrong. Funnily enough, Fascism was a socialist ideology and strictly anti-capitalist.
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  13. "Far right means bring homogeneity in the nation with the same ideology, same thought, same educational system, same rule of law good governance" Same rule of Law, yes. Other than that, no. Forcing any kind of "same ideology", thought etc. makes you a collectivist and part of the Left. People on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount (individualism) and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized.
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  14. "Far right means justice for local/indigenous people" No. It is justice for everyone in the same nation due to the same rule of Law. Being a local/indigenous makes no difference.
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  15. Franco wasn't a Fascist.
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  16.  @fractal_sight9730  "idk if you can say that with certainty" I can. It's a historical fact. Fascism was strictly an Italian ideology and movement headed by Mussolini. Before Franco, there was a Neo-Fascist movement in Spain known as Falangism under José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Franco however changed everything and reformed Falangism by merging it with multiple other ideologies and movements. Both Fascism and Franco's reformed Falangism fought under the same banner though, known as 3rd positionism.
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  17.  @HeyImRod  : Well, people on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized. Libertarianism / Minarchism and all the ideologies based on Classical Liberalism are on the far-right side.
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  18.  @HeyImRod  "being far-right is associated with being strongly against immigration, the intervention of the government to preserve cultural norms, promoting protectionist policies, being against LGBTQ+ rights" That is called conservatism, which is not left or right by itself.
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  19.  @HeyImRod  "having centralized power and in many cases authoritarianism." No. That is exactly what the left is about. Left-wing beliefs are based on the idea society is best served with an expanded role for the government.
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  20.  @HeyImRod  " He is not a far-right president." Wrong. Again, people on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized. Libertarianism / Minarchism and all the ideologies based on Classical Liberalism are on the far-right side.
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  21. He is. People on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized. Libertarianism / Minarchism and all the ideologies based on Classical Liberalism are on the far-right side.
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  22.  @corars6249  : Wrong. Again, Libertarianism / Minarchism and all the ideologies based on Classical Liberalism are on the far-right side.
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  23. Wrong. It literally is on the extreme right.
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  24. He is both. Libertarianism is a far-right ideology.
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  25. Yes, for obvious reasons.
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  26. "Vote for the party that will tax the rich ffs!" That is how you get socialist dictatorships, like in Italy, Germany and Russia btw. during the WW2 era.
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  27. Nothing to do with Fascism.
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  28. Nope. Libertarianism is on the far-right. People on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized. Libertarianism / Minarchism and all the ideologies based on Classical Liberalism are on the far-right side.
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  29.  @MrTomyCJ  Now you are conflating Conservatism to the right wing. They are two different things.
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  30. There is no difference. People on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized. Libertarianism / Minarchism and all the ideologies based on Classical Liberalism are on the far-right side.
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  31. Nothing to do with Fascism.
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  32. Same thing. Libertarianism is a right wing ideology.
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  33.  @Jojosworld000  : "Its okay to learn from your mistakes" Then start learning. People on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized. Libertarianism / Minarchism and all the ideologies based on Classical Liberalism are on the far-right side. Regarding Fascism, it was a totalitarian far-left, socialist ideology.
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  34. We Libertarians have been far-right ever since the Marxists claimed to be on the far-left.
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  35. "have they already forgotten what fascism lead to?" What Fascism? It wasn't even a thing in Germany. It was an Italian movement. Not to mention, that both Fascism and National Socialism, which was a thing in Germany, were Far-Left socialist ideologies.
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  36. Except Mussolini has never said such a thing. Common misquote made up by Adam McKay. There was no such merger and Fascism was all about the State.
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  37. Same thing. Libertarianism is a far-right ideology.
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  38. Libertarianism is a far-right ideology actually.
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  39. Nothing to do with Fascism whatsoever.
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  40. Nothing to do with Fascism.
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  41. Trump is a moderate.
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  42. Actually he is both. People on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized. Libertarianism / Minarchism and all the ideologies based on Classical Liberalism are on the far-right side.
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  43. Nothing to do with Fascism.
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  44. Nothing to do with Fascism.
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  45.  @patbenz4327  : Nothing to do with Right wing of any kind. Ethnonationalism and nationalism in general are Leftist traits, both are forms of collectivism.
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  46.  @patbenz4327  "Traditional right promotes the assimilation of other cultures to the main culture (it's inclusive)." Wrong. They do not. Right doesn't care what kind of a culture you have, as long as you do not try to trample other people's cultures, hence the motto, "live and let live".
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  47.  @patbenz4327  "Sounds pretty 'far right' to me!" That is closer to Far-Left, which again, revolves around collectivism. Meanwhile people on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount (individualism) and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized.
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  48.  @patbenz4327  "You're conflating freedom (live and let live) with liberalism (power of the government is minimized), and with right wing ideology." They are the same thing. Liberalism and Classical Liberalism specifically, are (Far) Right wing ideologies in contrast to Socialist ideologies that are on the (Far) Left.
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  49.  @patbenz4327  : "I think you need to grab a book (respectfully)" Already have. I highly recommend starting from the book called "Two Treatises of Government" by John Locke.
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  50. Actually he is. People on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized. Libertarianism / Minarchism and all the ideologies based on Classical Liberalism are on the far-right side.
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