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Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by bakies on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @10:11PM (#48564933)
Elon fits the definition in Britannica pretty neatly
Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by brigandish on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @03:44AM (#48567107)
Let's see.

- 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...

Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by bakies on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @10:16AM (#48570898)
- Opposition to Marxism and socialism

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

Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by brigandish on Thursday June 18, 2026 @02:32AM (#48581545)
> 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

Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by bakies on Thursday June 18, 2026 @10:13AM (#48585690)
pretty much exactly what i expected, you ignored all the YESs and called me dumb and made a ton of assumptions. You dont have to fit a definition 100% you're going to hang on to all the tiny little details and say wholey that he's not a fascists. I think he hit's the major point of the definition. Pedantic bootlicker. The reason I didn't pick up a book at your request is because I'm not wasting my time with you. And, no I didn't read the article, you did and linked it. I only read the definition.
Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by brigandish on Sunday June 21, 2026 @01:44AM (#48616012)
> Pedantic bootlicker

Please, try harder to raise the level of debate.

Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by bakies on Sunday June 21, 2026 @09:41PM (#48624611)
You too