I assumed you read the entire thread that led to mine. Kind of interesting that you apparently didn’t, but not a big deal; sorry about the bad assumption.
My point is that the only reason the USA “wasn’t fascist” in the 19th century was because the term “fascism” hadn’t been invented yet.
Even without the word, the ideas existed. America didn’t have a dictatorship, so it didn’t meet the definition of fascism, regardless of the label we use.
I can’t say for sure, but I think you’re confused about what these fascist dictators allegedly modeled after America. Is wasn’t the system of government, it was the shitty way America treated undesirables. A democracy (as we all know) can treat even its own citizens in abhorrent ways and still be a democracy. In the simplest example, a country that directly votes on any given topic can vote to round up and kill all red-haired people. That’s democratic. Terrible, yes, but democratic.
I’m pretty interested in what, if anything, you’re working towards here. Let’s say I agree that American has always been essentially fascist, despite being able to vote out representatives. So what?
I assumed you read the entire thread that led to mine. Kind of interesting that you apparently didn’t, but not a big deal; sorry about the bad assumption.
Even without the word, the ideas existed. America didn’t have a dictatorship, so it didn’t meet the definition of fascism, regardless of the label we use.
I can’t say for sure, but I think you’re confused about what these fascist dictators allegedly modeled after America. Is wasn’t the system of government, it was the shitty way America treated undesirables. A democracy (as we all know) can treat even its own citizens in abhorrent ways and still be a democracy. In the simplest example, a country that directly votes on any given topic can vote to round up and kill all red-haired people. That’s democratic. Terrible, yes, but democratic.
I’m pretty interested in what, if anything, you’re working towards here. Let’s say I agree that American has always been essentially fascist, despite being able to vote out representatives. So what?