This is how I understand why Francisco Franco was so popular among movement conservatives, even those who distanced themselves from overt Nazism.
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That’s also why it was so imperative, during the Cold War, to identify Nazism as a “totalitarian” ideology, more similar to left-wing communism. (And, conversely, denying the Franco regime was or had ever been fascistic.)
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I suspect you could say something similar of "liberals" who want to direct people's behavior, even if expressed differently. The desire to control is, unfortunately, a too human trait.
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Yeah, what’s the liberal equivalent of the Muslim Ban? A recycling drive?
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The more insidious problem is the larger group of 'moderates' who would, without hesitation, choose fascism over possibly having to trade in their employer's health benefits.
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We're at the point where calling for the destruction of the Republic has become a mainstream political view, one we are obliged to respect if not endorse. Medicaid For All and free college are now edgier and more provocative than crowning Trump as King.
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Check the broad popularity of Dirty Harry, Death Wish, The Punisher and their real-life instantiation in Bernhard Goetz.
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See also the “we lost Vietnam because we weren’t allowed to do war crimes” narrative of the Rambo and Missing In Action films.
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Liberals also it seems
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