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Where’s this come from?

Out of his arse.

Do you believe a wealth tax would raise that per year? Check in with France and Norway. Besides, that 2.1bn figure is a nonsense. The cost of hotels alone is 1.5bn a year (and rising) and foreign born nationals are claiming 1bn a month (and rising), with 27-37% of non-EU ILR holders on UC. At...

This will be interesting… how are Mussolini and Trump’s governments similar?

From that, it’s plain to see that you and others on this thread have no understanding of fascism outside of v vague labels. You compared Trump to Mussolini… Mussolini was a socialist before being expelled from the party for supporting Italian intervention in WW1. So how is Trump like Mussolini...

Completely missed the point. There’s a lot to admire about FDR but he was accused of being fascist, to socialist/communist. But of note, in the section, that in the 1930s there were those that viewed fascism as a ‘third way’ between communism and capitalism. This is certainly how fascists...

Brush up on your history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt

Yes. Would you prefer it if everyone to the left of Tony Blair was called ‘communist’ or ‘Stalinist?’ … Or constant euphemisms to ‘1930s Russia’ whenever Zach Polansk mentions a wealth tax…

Apparently there wasn’t any according to the lady at ticket office I spoke to.

Right, so because asylum applicants can’t be 0, weeks have to put up with tens of thousands per year? It is this logic that demonstrates why immigration policy has got completely out of control. Operationally, the Royal Navy think they can stop the boats and implement an Australia style policy...

As @PVA shared earlier, the true definition of fascism is now, as Orwell called it back in 1946 ‘something not desirable’. When you have UK parliamentarians are calling Shabana Mahmood’s policies ‘fascist’, its meaning has long since been debased.

Ironically, most of this applies to socialism too...

What boxes does he tick? You keep saying this phrase without defining the rule of the game. Fascism, like communism is a totalitarian ideology and frankly, if you want to make the argument the USA 'ticks the boxes' for a totalitarian state, be my guest - just don't expect to be taken seriously.

It is leftists who unironically call conservatives 'fascist' when the ideology developed as a result of splits in the socialist movement over support for WW1... No, its just pretty clear you don't really understand the development of fascism and what it actually is. Otherwise, you wouldn't call...

We know the obvious racial policy differences. But, since you're throwing around terms, broadly speaking the economic differences are surprisingly sparse and both of whom nationalised a lot of Italian/German industries and, broadly speaking state control, state planning and centralisation of the...

Ok, what's the difference between Mussolini and Hitler in your view? If you'd studied the origins of fascist parties, you'd find that they are often formed as a result of a split with a 'socialist' parties...

Let’s get this straight: Trump = fascist Fuentes = neo-Nazi In your view, what’s the material difference between the two?

No, I wouldn’t be calling Starmer a fascist. On a v fundamental way, you’re not only missing the point I’m making, you’re proving it right. If you want to call Trump authoritarian or dictatorial, then use those exact words. George Orwell decried that ‘fascism’ no longer has a meaning because...

We were talking about Farage/Reform mind. This is exactly what I’m talking about, someone can be authoritarian without being fascist. Trump has upheld the constitution so far and is not a fascist. Any insistence that he is looks ridiculous when he’s governed for 5 years now. The fascist line...

Zarah Sultana came out and called Labour asylum polices ‘fascist’ in parliament. SBD had just compared a Farage government to 1930s Germany and Hitler. That narrative has been copied and pasted from various figures on the left, be it Labour left, Your Party/Independents, LD or Greens.