Wednesday, September 28, 2022

About those claims of fascism...

Democrats say every Republican is Hitler... 






The issue at hand is that liberals are just stupid and think every Republican is "Hitler" because they have no clue what Hitler was even about.

Here is the reality:

  • You have one Party that wants central government control at the Federal level with an active Federal Law Enforcement engaged in every level of society INCLUDING labeling local School Parents to be enemies of the state (domestic terrorist) because their political views do not align with that central government. Demonstrators against the current state are arrested and held without bail, while more violent demonstrators who are protesting in favor of the current regime are generally let go without charges.  They want to take away as much power from the States as they can and make sure that nobody is allowed to openly have viewpoints that do not correspond with those of the Federal Government. They will work with law social media and other media to make sure certain beliefs are designated "disinformation" and censored (even information they know is correct). They hate the constitution and especially the bill of rights (because these rights hamper the Government quest to control the citizenship).
  • You have another Party who wants to drain the swamp and reduce the influence of unelected Federal government appointees and give that power back to the citizens and back to the states. They want to stop Government censorship and allow freedom of speech to again be a bedrock principle. They support the constitution and especially support the bill of rights. They believe that local and state governments are more in tune to their own constituents and believe that more power should remain closer to the people as opposed to with the Federal bureaucracy. 
Which of these choices looks more like they are following fascist ideals?

But the biggest problem with the way liberals think about this is that they always want to label people they disagree with as fascists. Not understanding that a "person" cannot really even be a fascist - it takes a larger group to form that. Certainly most fascist states had dictators who were at the center of things. But ultimately it takes more than an individual. The rest of the Government must follow along with that dictator (even if the people do not). Whether it be Hitler, Mussolini, Hussein, or whomever. Those dictators controlled the government agencies and the military and ruled over their citizens by brute force.

In fact, a populist leader with a wide range of popular support (even rabid support) can never achieve a state of fascism if that same leader does not enjoy the same popular support within his or her own Government. Donald Trump could never have been a "fascist" considering most of the Federal employees were against him and the FBI and others were openly investigating him, while jailing his associates. You cannot achieve fascism simply by having popular support of the people. In almost all cases, fascists used intimidation and censorship to maintain control "over" the people. If there is a popular uprising against the "state" - that is not any form of fascism (as much as many liberals would like to redefine the word).