• Pilferjinx@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Probably. I get the feeling he’s more enthusiastic about being a propaganda head and will say anything for a buck or a spotlight.

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      10 hours ago

      Ten fascists are sitting at a table and one more person sits down. How many fascists are there?

      Also, fascists in this day and age are even more fascinated with money.

      Don’t get me wrong, OG fascists were thieves and grifters as well.

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        9 hours ago

        What if I would say anything for money regardless of the content? If I was speaking fascist talking points without actually believing in it would it make me a fascist or something else? There is a difference, no, even if it amounts to the same end?

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          There isn’t a difference. If you’re still functionally advancing a fascist agenda, it doesn’t matter what you want to call or think of yourself, you’re a fascist.

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          I think this is a misunderstanding of how fascists use language.

          They don’t actually care about being correct; they care about winning the argument and furthering their agenda.

          Take JD Vance and the way he spread the lie about Haitian immigrants eating people’s pets: he knew it was fake, but he used it as an argument anyway. The goal of their reactionary project is to shape society with people like them at the top of the heirarchy. They will lie, cheat, steal, and kill because they believe in that.

          Su ultimately it doesn’t matter if they believe what they say or not; they believe in the project.