Spyke
feddit.online

"The only fascist state in the setting" um, what? I don't think there is a non-fascist state in the Grimdark except for the ancient races which are psychic and/or networked non-hierarchical hiveminds but even then they seem to occasionally create a commander.

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lemmy.ca

I was always under the impression the Tau were communists, not fascists. The real fascists are the Imperium of Man.

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ryathalreply
sh.itjust.works

At a distance they sound communist, but the rigid caste system and ruling class make it very authoritarian.

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Skullgridreply
lemmy.world

Boy do I have some news for you about irl communist countries

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ryathalreply
sh.itjust.works

You do? Did you find one that communists agree is actually communist?

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While it is an interesting discussion to have about if certain places that claimed to be communist/democratic/whatever actually being so or whatnot, I will still stand by my statement that communism can be paired with authoritarianism, and there have at least been some countries that claimed to be communist that were quite authoritarian.

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feddit.org

Authoritarian != fascist

Needs some reading up on political theory to understand, which is a dry subject matter. So the social sites have people calling even monarchies fascism, but it ain't the same.

EDIT: Ugh literally the comment next to yours is like "If it HaS a LeaDeR It'S faScISm"

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That's a fine academic point, it doesn't matter in practice. It's like arguing a shit sandwich is better with piss on it.

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feddit.online

Anything with a supreme unquestionable leader is indistinguishable from fascism.

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lemmy.world

Fascism is a type of dictatorship. That means not all dictatorships are fascist.

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lemmy.ca

I believe there's a Dr. Seuss quote about this, somewhere out there.

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Hang on, is this going to devolve into communist dictatorship apologia by the way of "America Bad" whataboutism?

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feddit.online

Well, Ork did have a supreme leader until like 5 psychic ladies blew his head off with their vagina magic. Don't at me about the sexism, I didn't write the 40k lore.

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Orcs are an anarchist commune. New leaders nominate themselves and the collective decides to follow them or not.

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You should have a more open growth mindset. If you want to live a long life that grows with you consider to snurgle up to the Nurgle gang 🤗

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