Yes, but there is a huge difference. You see, there has been a 1984-esque disinformation campaign to change the meaning of "socialism".
It use to mean: "Any measure taken to prevent the ever greater accumulation of wealth and resources by the few at the expense of the many."
Which is why it was used by the NSDAP, as well as the commies. Both went at it in completely different ways.
Nowadays, English-speakers think "socialism" means only "state-owned means of production". This helps the commies tremendously, as it cuts out a big chunk of socioeconomic policy thought processes.
Welcome to 1984:
Ignorance is strength; War is peace; Freedom is slavery; Socialism is communism;
So... Let me get this straight...
If you as a people turn far right, then the whole world must war on you and destroy your nation entirely and totally, not leaving a shred of its memory intact.
But if you as a people get propagandized into turning left or far left, then suddenly at the next opportunity, you turn back hard right?
Interesting experiment, I wonder what it means... ;-)
That is certainly an intriguing proposition!
I've seen prophecies that say the world ends (or begins to end? Or ... something that spells the end) happens on May 27, 25. 52725. But then again people have said such things about so many dates...
Never heard this before, but then again I've only been a daily user of the Internet since 1989. It has certainly grown into a vast space.
My "Sieg Heil!" was (I thought, obviously) an acid test of sorts to see what kinds of reactions it would get. After all, coming to a new place and getting vibes of reasonable is one thing, but to see the crowd's reaction to such a statement, now that is much more informative.
And here, now, I am much better informed. Thank you.
More or less. I call TAM the trans teenage admin a nutcase tranny child all day and he hasn't deleted anything of mine that I am aware of.
But he is demented and anything that can by the wildest stretch of the imagination be twisted into seeming akin to a threat or a call for violence triggers him.
As far as I am concerned, his arrival on Saidit has rung the death knell for the site.
I think you, as well as many many others, confuse authoritarianism with fascism.
Rome was fascist. The USA was founded as a fascist state.
Fascism is a word that has been 1984'd so hard over the last 80 years, it's fucking insane.