• MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Where are progressives on that scale? Oh, and do fascists, I definitely want to know how a fascist stacks up against a liberal!

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        “Progressive” doesn’t really mean anything beyond “left of establishment democrats.” They range from liberal to socialist. Fascists are a twin of liberalism, worse but fundamentally connected.

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        If you’re not anti capitalist and anti bourgeois democracy even if you’re “progressive” you’re just a flavour of liberal. Fascists are obviously worse than liberals although they tend to agree on a surprising amount of things when push comes to shove unfortunately. Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds is a widespread phrase for a reason.

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      I’ll stand corrected on the anarchist comment. But if one lives in a capitalist country, one inevitably supports capitalism, right? Even if it’s against their will.

      This sounds more and more like Original Sin.

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        Existing within capitalism does not mean you cannot work to overthrow it and must ideologically support it by espousing liberal talking points.