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Why do authoritarian states have 'Democratic' or 'People's' in their names? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

and fascists took advantage of the resulting power vacuum.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago

    Not fascists. Fascists need expansionist military conquest for the regime to survive. When authoritarian communism goes bad, it's able to survive by The Revolution. The Revolution justifies any act, no matter how brutal and misguided.

    Fascism justifies itself through conquest and extermination of "lesser peoples", like the Slavs or the Palestinians.

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