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that's an oxymoron.
I'm fairly convinced by this comment that you're not aware of what fascism is. Because while we can all deplore the horrors of the Khamer Rogue there is no way to describe it as capitalist. Yet you cannot be a fascist without capitalism. Essentially that's what fascism is, capitalism in overdrive. You're talking about authoritarianism, of which there is plenty to deplore.
The word fascism comes from fascia. It literally derives from the idea of grouping up to defeat the "power". If you can't see the similarities between that idea and whatever the communistic fascists are doing, you're delusional. The main defining feature of fascism that applies on both sides of the economic spectrum is the dismantling of the democratic process. When i say dismantling, i mean actively removing elections entirely, as they are no longer necessary. It shares more similarities with monarchy, than any of the economic systems.
All of the above are textbook fascistic regimes.
Fascism comes from the Latin word "fasces" which was the bundles of rods wrapped around an axe carried around by the state escorts of Roman dictators (and other magistrates of sufficient authority). Yet despite this symbol of extreme executive Authority nobody calls the Roman Republic and the dictators or magistrates that served it fascism. Because fascism is much more than authoritarian dictatorship.
Bonito Mussolini viewed fascism as the merging of state and corporate power. That his version of state capitalism was the way to 'save' capitalism. Denying capitalism's place on the evolution and perpetuating of fascism is simply ludicrous. Fascism is the end result of capitalism. Its where it inevitably ends. They cannot exist without each other.
Your definition, in direct contradiction to the founder of fascism, is so absurdly broad so as to be pointless. Again authoritarianism is not the same as fascism. Nor is monarchy. You've painted such an incredibly vague picture here that you would have to define 98% of human government in all of history as fascist. Which is absurd.
communism is a stateless classless society. fascism is a rigidly stratified society that venerates the state. you can't be a communist fascist.
True, but there's plenty of fascists who claim to be communists.
fascists lie.
Yeah, obviously.
sounds like those aren't communist societies
I could cite communist societies, but I know the no-true-scotsman game. suffice to say you have yet to cite a stateless, classless society.
I am very much against fascist, imperialist dictatorships and I refuse to accept that as the requirement to have communism.
when have I ever made any apology for any state?
great. the Democrats and the Republicans, right?
revolution, I think.
I don't think there's enough revolutionary potential in the United States at time of writing.
gotta get the boys on a train to Georgia
voting isn't a plan to destroy the usa any more than North Korea or the USSR. surely you don't think the Democrats or Republicans supoort the subversion of the country.
Don't you remember the Stalinist paradise that the USSR was in the 50's!?