(01-11-2021, 09:10 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(01-11-2021, 01:34 AM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: Well, that's close to the point I was making that jj was weakly contesting. Look up palingenetic ultranationalism, then tell me how that differs from Trumpism, especially considering their recent insurrection against the United States.

In every way, the democratic movement is closer to fascist Germany except one. They are globalists. They have merged corporate and political control and are working to make this is a one party state. If they were nationalists instead of globalists, you have NAZI Germany. So, hide behind that technicality if you want. Trump didn't do a single thing that was fascist except promote nationalism, which is not fascist by any means.

There are many others.
Nazi Germany openly wished for war against its neighbors, and openly said that certain citizens should have citizenship taken away. Neither of these things map to ideology, they are too far removed from academic discussion.
There is another difference between the appeal of fascism and that of communism.  Fascism first mythologizes then seeks to restore the alleged former glory of one nation, relative to other nations.  But communism harks back to a time before the nation even existed, to an alleged simpler time of communal existence with a limited understanding of personal property and no slavery, and says if we give them absolute power, they can give us that.

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