The argument we’re having is he thinks it’s Hungary/Turkey style authoritarianism and I think it’s fascism but thanks for assuming that I married a republican and for suggesting that I get a divorce.
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tell him i think you guys have a great relationship and should stay married but also we have more italians in the regime than we have turks, so, its fascism
Fascism is idiosyncratic. Turkey and Hungary may be in a transitional process or have settled on a lite-fascist system where there is a bit more pretence on the rule of law or popular government but it’s all part of the same ideology.
The loss of social manners and the weird parasocial relationships people pretend to have with complete strangers are increasingly becoming a real problem in all social media.
Bet they wouldn't just drop that comment if they heard something like your anecdote in an IRL public forum.
honestly if you want to give him something to read on the differences between authoritarianism and fascism and how this is the latter, here's a good piece https://www.liberalcurrents.com/yes-its-fascism/
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Bet they wouldn't just drop that comment if they heard something like your anecdote in an IRL public forum.
Or, as Penny Arcade puts it, the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory