Re:I think I’m not alone that Mastodon is giving me the ick
by lapcat on Thursday April 06, 2023 @12:35PM
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> Russia is pretty much full-blown fascist right now. Their propaganda ticks all the classic fascist talking points, and Putin is following much of Hitler's playbook.
I mean... Putin is literally a former KGB agent, and Russia was a totalitarian regime until 1991. So I would argue that the Soviet Union is much more relevant in this case, as well as the Russian Empire that preceded it. Russian history is already there, we don't need to go borrow history from Germany or Italy.
> DeSantis is another example, which his book bans and rewriting education to suit his political message.
This to me is a trivialization of "fascism". And again, there's already a local history available, because American religious conservatives had long tried to ban books and control education, such as the teaching of evolution, sex education, history, etc.
I mean... Putin is literally a former KGB agent, and Russia was a totalitarian regime until 1991. So I would argue that the Soviet Union is much more relevant in this case, as well as the Russian Empire that preceded it. Russian history is already there, we don't need to go borrow history from Germany or Italy.
> DeSantis is another example, which his book bans and rewriting education to suit his political message.
This to me is a trivialization of "fascism". And again, there's already a local history available, because American religious conservatives had long tried to ban books and control education, such as the teaching of evolution, sex education, history, etc.