Fascists: I want everyone in the same country, rich and poor alike, to accept their place in the hierarchy and do their part to protect our Glorious Nation™ from foreigners. Seriously you guys, I can’t stress enough how much I hate communism and want literally the exact opposite of what they want. Surely nobody will ever lump us-
Liberals: C O L L E C T I V I S M :galaxy-brain:
mustachism
Even stupider: P O P U L I S M
Things my relatives have told me are communist: the Klan, the Nazis, slavery, the north in the Civil War (???), most countries outside of America, having pets other than dogs, drinking hot tea, believing dinosaurs were real, monarchy, opposing monarchy, Italian food, landlords, organized crime, and all mental healthcare
Hannah Arendt was a big part of conflating these as “totalitarianism”
as if capitalism isn’t totalizing. as if any mode of production wouldn’t shape social relations
while it is easy to place all the blame on Hannah Arendt’s 1950s political work, I do believe :porky-happy: would have come up with this little rhetorical trick with or without her writing The Origins of Totalitarianism
Guys, guys, guys. Fascists breath air… Communists breathe air… It’s two sides of the same coin! The only sensible middle ground is to not breathe! :liberalism:
