• Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
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    27 days ago

    hmm UK, US, France, Canada and a whole lot more fit that bill. I thought Orwell was trying to warn us, but in reality he was a prophet.

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    27 days ago

    It’s clearly not the US because we’ve been a failed democracy and a police state for a long time.

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    27 days ago

    Country name includes “Democratic Republic”

    Looks Inside

    Literal police state

    Conclusion: Shut the fuck up about democracy and republics if you want to have one.

    /s
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    26 days ago

    A nation so democratic, that they intentionally designed their system to have electors vote on your behalf because they believed the common man was too stupid to properly participate in democracy.

    And then they never changed that winning formula!

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          26 days ago

          Really? I’ll bite. Name 3, and please note that:

          1. Fascism and authoritarian are different
          2. I’ll need your definition of socialism, and “because the PRC said so” doesn’t change the material conditions of the nation. Just as the DPRK being called that doesn’t make it democratic.
          • tobebannedbygaymods@lemmy.zip
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            24 days ago

            Israel WWII Germany WWII Italy also the west used to call the al-baath party a “fascist party” because its a socialist party

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              23 days ago

              Do I need to point at the so “North Korea is a democracy because it has democracy in the name” sign again?

              Yes, the Nazis had some socialist leanings in the early days - but they were all eliminated once the Nazis came to power cementing them with Hitlers more pro-capital and anti-socialist side of the party rather than the more economically socialist Strasserites. So weren’t the government of the Nazi Reich, and out of the way long before the Second World War.

              Mussolini’s PNF are a more interesting and murky choice, as Mussolini came from and had some more left wing views, and even though they crimibalised strikes they did at least give more heed to resolving class conflict - albeit as fascists do by conquest.

              Israel is a good shout, and it was much more socialist back in its early days. Sadly, since the economic reforms of 85 with its privatisation of state services, cuts, and general adoption of neoliberal economic policy I don’t think counts as Socialist… And it only really got full fascy after then, the assassination of the leader in the 90s for the Oslo Accords and following elections makes a good mark for Israel turning unapologetically fascist I think

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                  22 days ago

                  Zionism, especially it’s modern incarnation: sure.

                  But there was a struggle for Israel’s soul that fascism won, due to that Zionist influence. But it needn’t have necessarily won.

                  It was fascist in its paramilitary early days, too. But that also predated the state.

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    26 days ago

    the most democratic nations according to The Economist Democracy Index, getting a score of 9.00 or more out of ten are: Every nordic country new zealand ireland seitzerland netherlands

    united states is a flawed democracy with a score of 7.65, the score has been only decreasing since 2006

    wikipedia source