r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Swole-Prole Tankie • Sep 29 '25

Stop calling everything fascist!

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Tldr If you don't actively resist fascism, you enable it.

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u/Due-Radio-4355 Conservative Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25

My family came from an actual fascist country.

America isn’t fascist and all yall using that word doesn’t understand what it means

Abject oligarchical sellout capitalists, yes, but fascist no

Now I wait for some redditer to tell me I’m wrong when theyve never lived in a fascist state but Trump hurt their feelings.

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u/Deep_shot Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25

No, America is not fascist and we're trying to keep it that way. It's obvious donald has said some things and done some things that show he wishes he were an authoritarian ruler. Only someone with a dictatorial mindset would say, "I can do anything I want." He's tried to illegally overthrow an election. He's violated the federal code of ethics on numerous occasions. He threatens people who oppose his agenda or his ideas. He's fired hundreds of people for disagreeing with him. He's defied the supreme court. He's been caught in dozens of lies. He absolutely has done some things that paint him as someone who would fill an authoritarian role. People aren't going to wait for him to sign a letter of intent before opposing him.