• demonsword@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    …and in the process those centrist parties, as they adopt the far right policies, become the new far right. QED.

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      3 days ago

      Not really, since centrist policies would be generally milder versions of the far-right policies, but parties have to appeal to the desires of the electorate otherwise, they would be voted out.

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        3 days ago

        You’re operating under the naive conception that fascism can be reasoned or bargained with. No, it can’t. But you don’t need to take my word for it, just open any history book on what was Germany before the ascension of Hitler, or Italy before Mussolini began calling the shots.