Communists: I want the workers of the world to fight together to overthrow capitalism and create a classless society
Communists: I want the workers of the world to fight together to overthrow capitalism and create a classless society
Fascists: I want everyone in the same country, rich and poor alike, to accept their place in the hierarchy and do their part to protect our Glorious Nation™ from foreigners. Seriously you guys, I can't stress enough how much I hate communism and want literally the exact opposite of what they want. Surely nobody will ever lump us-
Liberals: C O L L E C T I V I S M :galaxy-brain:
Hannah Arendt was a big part of conflating these as "totalitarianism"
as if capitalism isn't totalizing. as if any mode of production wouldn't shape social relations
while it is easy to place all the blame on Hannah Arendt's 1950s political work, I do believe :porky-happy: would have come up with this little rhetorical trick with or without her writing The Origins of Totalitarianism
sure, I mean she was just the willing tool of the bourgeoisie at the right moment.
going to tell my boss that as capitalism isn't totalitarian I will be goofing off at work wish me luck
See also: Authoritarian, Totalitarian.
True, but to me "Collectivism" is even more ridiculous than those because when applied to communists it refers to class struggle and when applied to fascists it refers to class collaborationism. These two things are literally the opposite! What the fuck liberals :agony-mescaline:
It's like "populism" which literally means "everything that isn't cold-blooded, warmongering hegemonic liberalism." It's applied to racism and civil rights activism, pro-democracy and anti-democracy positions, and pro-war (when it's for the "wrong" reasons) and anti-war (always) positions. Literally the only thing that's not "populism" to people who say "populism" is weird centrist liberalism that has no strong opinion on civil rights, opposes democracy in the "correct" way, and always beats the war drums when told that's the "good" thing to do. Everything from elitist warrior death cults to radical popular democracy is just "populism" to them.
Even stupider: P O P U L I S M
doing good things people want is the same as doing bad things people want
Things my relatives have told me are communist: the Klan, the Nazis, slavery, the north in the Civil War (???), most countries outside of America, having pets other than dogs, drinking hot tea, believing dinosaurs were real, monarchy, opposing monarchy, Italian food, landlords, organized crime, and all mental healthcare
having pets other than dogs
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yes but have you considered: national socialist party
mic drop
:walter-breakdown:
Guys, guys, guys. Fascists breath air... Communists breathe air... It's two sides of the same coin! The only sensible middle ground is to not breathe! :liberalism:
mustachism
Liberalism has proven to be the worst of all ideologies for all of their thinkers lack cool facial hair