- Opposition to Marxism and socialism
I'd agree.
- Opposition to parliamentary democracy
No.
- Opposition to political and cultural liberalism
No.
- Totalitarian ambitions
No.
- Conservative economic programs
Strange heading. It seems to mean "free market capitalism", so that's a yes?
- Corporatism
No.
- Alleged equality of social status
No idea if this applies or not.
- Imperialism
No.
- Military values
No.
- Volksgemeinschaft
No.
- Mass mobilization
No.
- The leadership principle
No.
- The “new man”
No.
- Glorification of youth
No.
- Education as character building
No idea.
- Decadence and spirituality
No.
- Violence
No.
- Extreme nationalism
No.
- Scapegoating
Arguable, simply because I'm sure you'd argue it given the amount of no's so far.
- Populism
Possibly?
That's pretty much the full page. I have no idea how you came to the conclusion above. You must know Musk far better that I do, which is very possible, to come to such a different conclusion. Or you didn't actually read the same article[0]
[0] https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Common-characterist...
I'd agree.
- Opposition to parliamentary democracy
Yes. buying elections
- Opposition to political and cultural liberalism
Yes, banned speech on twitter that trans people use.
- Totalitarian ambitions
Yes, buying elections
- Corporatism
trillionare
- Imperialism
Literally wants to colonize a planet
- Military values
Building a military satelite constellation
- Volksgemeinschaft
White supremacist
- Mass mobilization
election lottery, trump rallys
- The leadership principle
idk what this is
- The “new man”
or this
- Glorification of youth
i guess not
- Education as character building
what
- Decadence and spirituality
No.
- Violence
No.
- Extreme nationalism
xenophobe
- Scapegoating
those darn regulations are always in the way
- Populism
Possibly?
i'm sure your reply will be pedantic
Have you heard of the term "bad faith argument"? That's a good example.
> - Opposition to political and cultural liberalism
> Yes, banned speech on twitter that trans people use.
I had to check this one. I found two stories. [1] shows that people were warned about speech (e.g. using the term cisgender) but were still able to post without problems. [2] showed that X's rules were updated to prevent harassment in the form of deadnaming or misgendering. I doubt that either supports your assertion to be true.
As to the rest of your answers, you seem to have given away that you didn't read the Britannica article at all:
> - Education as character building
> what
You should know, right? You read the article and made the accusation. You've done this several times:
> - The leadership principle
> idk what this is
> - The “new man”
> or this
There's not really a need for me to be pedantic in the face of such slipshod work, but then again, perhaps you think that not being slipshod is being pedantic. Which would also be wrong, but telling.
Try learning about what fascism is, that would be my suggestion. With a book, while putting your phone away.
[1] https://www.them.us/story/elon-musk-x-ban-users-cisgender-sl...
[2] https://www.advocate.com/news/x-bans-deadnaming-misgendering
Please, try harder to raise the level of debate.
Is Musk wielding the apparatus of state to ensure that any speech that he disagrees with is suppressed, e.g. on college campuses?
He does not need to do that, he has his army of people like you that go around on all socials and wherever you can to post praise, defend him and attack any critics as he was some sort of uber genius savior of mankind. The Musk cult is real.
The whole thread (and to be fair, Musk himself most of the time) has lost the plot, since the phrase "freedom of speech" is about the government not restraining or punishing speech. Honestly, what Twitter allowed or not before or after Musk is entirely irrelevant to the concept of free speech. Twitter/X is still just some guy's website.
The Trump administration spent considerable effort strong arming colleges on account of speech that they did not like. Even if you subscribe to FIRE’s “Chicago Statement”, you should find the government interfering with colleges like this a break-glass scenario. “Individual Rights in Education” surely include the right to hold beliefs and teach in a way that the current administration is uncomfortable with.
So yes, these are fascist activities wholly consistent with the other fascist activities that MAGA movement is engaged in.
> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email [email protected] and we'll look at the data.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments
I'm not sure HN is for you.
* He suspended multiple journalists from Twitter/X in December 2022 after they had reported on or criticized him [0]
* He has been accused of retaliating against critics and employees through threats, lawsuits, or firings, rather than tolerating dissent. [1]
* He selective enforcing Twitter/X platform rules. Here's 10 examples: [2]
He tolerates speech he likes and often punishing speech he dislikes. That's not being a "free speech" absolutist.
[0] https://truthout.org/articles/free-speech-watchdogs-condemn-...
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/free-speech-absolutist-elon-...
[2] https://gizmodo.com/10-times-elon-musk-censored-twitter-user...
One doesn't need to be a free speech absolutist to not be a fascist, far from it; and the exceptions prove the rule - those examples are the definition of exceptional. "10 times…" I can remember people getting banned en masse for changing their profile pic to an NPC character. The difference is night and day.
[0] The Doctrine of Fascism is available, for free, in several places. Start there.