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No political theorist. It’s a meme based on horseshoe theory, which is discredited by academics.

Western bourgeois democracies, a.k.a. capitalist oligarchies.

They weren’t civilians, they were fascist counter-revolutionary gangs who wanted to reinstate a Austro-Hungarian monarchy.

Sure thing, Patrick Bateman’s fursona 👍

Extremism, whatever route it takes, is a byproduct of social isolation.

Under what definition of “extremism” is this not a ridiculous statement? Becoming “extremist” is orthogonal to one’s level of social isolation or inclusion. How isolated were the Gazans on Oct. 7th or the prisoners in the Sobibor uprising?

So he just as an American patriot

Someone can be born & raised in America and yet not be patriotic to the American empire. We're not uncommon.

learned to speak Russian

What are you even talking about? You don't have to learn Russian to listen to Jeffery Sachs, John Mearsheimer, Noam Chomsky or Chris Hedges.

communists actually are not a fan of fascists

Fun fact, both are totalitarian authoritarianist forms as OF now.

The communists fought the Spanish and Axis fascists, and horseshoe theory is garbage.

See, this is why capitalization matters.

The United Nations Human Rights Council doesn't seem to think so. It put this to bed two years ago. https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-china/news/setback-for-the-west-un-body-rejects-historic-debate-on-chinas-human-rights-record/

Zeroth of all, that web page doesn’t even make mention of any genocides, so it in no way “proves” one.

We should build a Great Firewall and make China pay for it. -- Mitt Romney, probably

The New Republic, Mitt Romney Reveals Twisted Reason Why Congress Moved to Ban TikTok

"Some wonder why there was such overwhelming support for us to shut down potentially TikTok or other entities of that nature. If you look at the postings on TikTok and the number of mentions of Palestinians relative to other social media sites, it’s overwhelmingly so among TikTok broadcasts. So I’d note that’s of real interest, and the President will get the chance to make action in that regard," Romney said.

Maybe you're wearing out your welcome with all your Lemmy meta-shit-stirring, and you should take the hint.

But instead you're posting to YPTB some more.

So did the United Nations Human Rights Council, two years ago. https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-china/news/setback-for-the-west-un-body-rejects-historic-debate-on-chinas-human-rights-record/