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This AP article about Italy
3 years ago
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The title is literally:
It's in Q&A format and the final question is:
DOES THAT MEAN ITALIANS SUPPORT FASCISM?
...Yes? Yeah? Can - can I have a co-writing credit on this explainer, please?
But despite the fact that the article all but admits it's a fascist party, and at least goes as far to admit that asking if it means Italians are fascist is a fair question. they go on to make sure you know that Meloni said fascism is bad, after she was asked on the campaign trail if fascism is actually good, due in small part to how her party is fascist and she is on tape saying how much she loves Mussolini who was, hey look, a fascist.
"But ya know, if she says she's not, that's good enough for us!"
-The Press
You know it's nice to know that it's not just US politics that pussyfoots around calling this what it is. The article, and a separate article on the same topic, goes on to explain "Meloni took on a more moderate tone upon victory..."
Like yes, trust me, it's the same process over and over again. Fascists earn support by stating "this is who I would like to eradicate. Wouldn't you?"
People, in general, agree.
Then the fascist wins, and the first thing they say is "Don't worry, people I said I wanted to eradicate, everything's gonna be juuuuuuuuuuuuust fine." *Wink*
Then they get that "strikes more unifying tone' article that they were after, like it's this weird social contract wherein the press knows better but plays dumb(fuck) out of common courtesy.
Anyway, like I already said, all of Europe is gonna succumb to fascism sooner or later, because you never have to convince people that they can solve all their problems by harming others. That's the default human line of thinking. And you know, personally? I'm starting to agree. Not with the fascism itself but that the solution is to harm others, lots and lots of others. The results, of course, depend on who you harm. And I hate to disappoint the majority demos but, you can kill, oh I dunno, let's say 6 million gays, and it still won't bring grocery prices down.
You know how many CEO's it would take?
So, so many less.
EXPLAINER: How a party of neo-fascist roots won big in Italy
It's in Q&A format and the final question is:
DOES THAT MEAN ITALIANS SUPPORT FASCISM?
...Yes? Yeah? Can - can I have a co-writing credit on this explainer, please?
But despite the fact that the article all but admits it's a fascist party, and at least goes as far to admit that asking if it means Italians are fascist is a fair question. they go on to make sure you know that Meloni said fascism is bad, after she was asked on the campaign trail if fascism is actually good, due in small part to how her party is fascist and she is on tape saying how much she loves Mussolini who was, hey look, a fascist.
"But ya know, if she says she's not, that's good enough for us!"
-The Press
You know it's nice to know that it's not just US politics that pussyfoots around calling this what it is. The article, and a separate article on the same topic, goes on to explain "Meloni took on a more moderate tone upon victory..."
Like yes, trust me, it's the same process over and over again. Fascists earn support by stating "this is who I would like to eradicate. Wouldn't you?"
People, in general, agree.
Then the fascist wins, and the first thing they say is "Don't worry, people I said I wanted to eradicate, everything's gonna be juuuuuuuuuuuuust fine." *Wink*
Then they get that "strikes more unifying tone' article that they were after, like it's this weird social contract wherein the press knows better but plays dumb(fuck) out of common courtesy.
Anyway, like I already said, all of Europe is gonna succumb to fascism sooner or later, because you never have to convince people that they can solve all their problems by harming others. That's the default human line of thinking. And you know, personally? I'm starting to agree. Not with the fascism itself but that the solution is to harm others, lots and lots of others. The results, of course, depend on who you harm. And I hate to disappoint the majority demos but, you can kill, oh I dunno, let's say 6 million gays, and it still won't bring grocery prices down.
You know how many CEO's it would take?
So, so many less.
