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Re:De-escalating social media conflict by mirimir on Sunday July 05, 2020 @09:00AM (#23738352)
> You appear to be starting from an assumption that everything USSR did, politically, was left-wing; and thus concluding that fascism can be left wing.

No, I did not. Basically I'm arguing that the USSR pretended to be "left-wing" but were actually "right-wing". So perhaps they were fascist, but that doesn't imply that truly left-wing governments and movements are fascist.

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Re:De-escalating social media conflict by wolco on Sunday July 05, 2020 @02:24PM (#23740739)
The USSR is what happens when you take left wing to the extreme. Go too far replacing free speech with right speech and you get censorship. Censorship requires a heavy police state to enforce.

It's the natural progression.

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