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      Someone doesn’t. A lot of people don’t, it seems. Saying shit like “fascists hate government” and various other non sequiturs.

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          Not if you use the words actual meaning. In which case Justin Trudeau is and Trump is just a fucking asshole/criminal.

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              No, I just know what words mean and have a fairly decent knowledge of policy each has championed. Trumps never passed legislation restricting free speech, actively combined government and corporate power in a very Mussolini way, frozen his political opponents bank accounts and removed the need for probable cause in exchange for the whim of the police. Trudeau has.

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                Okay well first Fascism and fascism are different. You’re talking about Fascism.

                In the same way America is a Republic and we have democracies.

                So back the point Trump is a fascist which is worse than a Fascist.

                Mussolini is a Fascist, that was his political beliefs and platform.

                Hitler is a fascist in the way he wielded government power much like Trump i.e. overthrowing the government, cult of personality, expression of hateful nationalism (nativism), “might is right” type rule.

                The big issue here is Trump isn’t a Fascist because he has no government platform, how can he be anything when he stands for nothing?

                He is a fascist in the way he presented his presidency.

                Case and point: Insurrection, St.John’s Church, every time he expressed violence rhetoric.

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                  (That’s an authoritarian. Hitler and Mussolini were very, very similar politically, both Fascists. (it’s the same word capitilized or not))

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                    No it isn’t you don’t know the word. Google it. Capitalizing it does matter.

                    Trump is a fascist. Trudeau is not a fascist. If you don’t understand that, then that is that.