• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    210 hours ago

    Not really. The fascists won in Germany, yet they’re not currently fascist. Nothing is forever.

    • @samus12345
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      99 hours ago

      Fascism was defeated because of the Allies, led by the US, the country with the most powerful military in the world by a large margin. Who’s going to defeat the US if it goes full fascist?

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        9 hours ago

        It’s a good question that I don’t have the answer to, but I don’t think the USA would be able to continue funding a military 20x the expense of the next most powerful military while under authoritarian rule. We have the funds for such a military now because of a hundred different conditions that wouldn’t exist anymore under a fascist government.

        • @samus12345
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          158 hours ago

          Fascist governments always collapse eventually because of loyalty over competence, but the thought of the damage a powerful country like the US would do before that collapse is terrifying.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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            48 hours ago

            It is. Even just the economic damage that the world would suffer is horrifying.

              • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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                14 hours ago

                I questioned if I should add more context, but people will suffer a lot of hardship if the global economy is flipped upside down. It’s not the rich assholes I worry about, it’s the common person who will struggle to find a job or buy milk.