• Waterpumpee@lemmus.org
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    4 days ago

    Kind of hard words like xenophobic, fascist for parties democratically voted for by the majority of voters.

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      Georgia Meloni represents Fratelli d’Italia, the successor party of the Alleanza Nazionale, which in turn is the successor of the Movimento Sociale Italiano, which was Mussolini’s party. The succession is direct enough that Fratelli d’Italia still uses the same logo as MSI; a tricolor flame.

      See if you can spot the similarity:

      If anything I was being generous to Georgia Meloni by referring to her party as post-fascist rather than straight out fascist. There is a clear continuation here. This is not a matter of opinion.

      As for the Social Democrats in Denmark being xenophobic, there’s ample evidence. The fact that they would introduce ghetto laws to get rid of immigrant neighbourhoods - and even call them ghetto laws themselves - is one interesting high-profile example.

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      So it stops being xenophobic or fascist when a majority elects them? The literal Nazis were elected by a plurality; would more votes have made them not fascist or not xenophobic?

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      I dont know any of denmarks politics, but both can be true. The NSDAP was more or less democratically elected, MAGA as well

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        Saying the NSDAP was democratically elected to power is a perpetuating a fascist lie. The NSDAP was always using undemocratic methods, such as political violence and voter intimidation, and finally, outright banning and persecuting political opponents and entire political parties. That is not being elected more or less democratically.

        If you have been taught bad history, then enlighten yourself, rather than continuing to give fascists false legitimacy.

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      I don’t know why you don’t already know this, but fascists and xenophobes are capable of voting as well.