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   AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 09:26:50 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

   I mean if you want to understand what I'm talking about, it works more or less like this. An ideological process works something like "I believe this, so it follows that I believe that" and so forth. The root is what you believe. Fascism doesn't work that way, it's "I want this to happen, so I will contort my rhetoric until it's justified." That's why fascist leaders can change the meta-story of a fascist movement, at the drop of a hat. It's also why I say they believe in nothing but power.

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     AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 09:26:56 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

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     There's a popular definition of "conservatism" online that doesn't explain the process at all, but does ultimately describe the effect:

     "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

     And NOW you understand why I've stopped believing in "conservatism" as anything but a stalking horse for fascism. Since the principles are identical and neither is an ideology

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     Paul Lalonde (flux@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 10:21:50 JST Paul Lalonde

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     @AnarchoNinaWrites a fascist's base doesn't *think* about issues, it *emotes* about issues. All the manipulation is to create the emotional rush of the in-group overcoming the out-group.