Comment by bakies

16 days ago

Elon fits the definition in Britannica pretty neatly

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  • - 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

    • > 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

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