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Lead Data Scientist, activist, survivor. Was actually assaulted by an actual right-wing terrorist. Opinions belong only to me, especially the bad ones. she/they

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    1. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017

      Let's talk about fascism for a moment, since it's a word being used almost cavalierly right now. What is fascism?

      3 replies 110 retweets 134 likes
    2. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
      Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

      There is a tendency, built from 40 years of online debates, to call anything you disagree with "fascist."

      1 reply 8 retweets 21 likes
    3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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      Likewise, anything authoritarian gets called fascist, too, as if people assume that only fascists can be dictators.

      1 reply 6 retweets 24 likes
    4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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      Fascism is a political theory that jelled in the early 1900s and found particular traction in Central Europe.

      1 reply 8 retweets 17 likes
    5. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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      The word comes from an old latin term, where leaders carried rods, or fasces, tied together to symbolize strength.

      2 replies 7 retweets 16 likes
    6. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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      The core belief of fascism is strength through unity. That the state is stronger if all parties are unified.

      1 reply 11 retweets 18 likes
    7. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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      The politic also suggested that fragmented liberalist parties needed to be subjugated and could be ruled by a minority fascist party.

      1 reply 11 retweets 21 likes
    8. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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      Given the timing of the rise of fascism, technology was critical in the theory. To fascists, the purpose of tech was to strengthen the state

      2 replies 9 retweets 18 likes
    9. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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      Dissent by other parties was weakness, only the party could determine its own fate.

      1 reply 9 retweets 20 likes
    10. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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      If it was necessary to cut others off to strengthen the state, then so be it.

      1 reply 9 retweets 19 likes
      Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017

      Actual fascist governments played this out perfectly: the Nazis won with less than a majority vote. Then, Hitler banned other parties.

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        2. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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          Industrialism and technical innovation were highly valued; in a handful of years, Germany became one of the strongest industrial powers.

          1 reply 9 retweets 18 likes
        3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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          So let's look at how we're using the term today. Is the modern GOP a fascist party? Is Trump? His supporters?

          1 reply 10 retweets 16 likes
        4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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          Trump won with the minority popular vote. So there's that. He's controlling narratives away from negative views of his party.

          2 replies 10 retweets 75 likes
        5. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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          His policies involve cutting off resources for marginalized communities. His supporters call anyone not a white man a "snowflake."

          1 reply 11 retweets 33 likes
        6. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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          His rise to power was strongly aided by technology. He wants to march tanks through DC in a show of military might.

          1 reply 10 retweets 25 likes
        7. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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          He has a singular focus on restoring manufacturing jobs to the US at the expense of other services.

          1 reply 9 retweets 23 likes
        8. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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          And he and his team regularly harp about "unity" and patriotism.

          1 reply 9 retweets 25 likes
        9. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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          So yes, Trump is a fascist and his team promotes fascism. Not because I disagree with them, but because actions align with fascist policy.

          1 reply 44 retweets 115 likes
        10. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
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          If you talk like a fascist and you act like a fascist and you govern like a fascist, you're probably a fascist.

          1 reply 52 retweets 102 likes
        11. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          Authoritarianism isn't fascism, although the latter usually begets the former. Not every authoritarian is a fascist.

          2 replies 15 retweets 34 likes
        12. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          So when people say, "doing X makes you the real fascist," it's because they have no idea what they're talking about.

          1 reply 15 retweets 50 likes
        13. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 22 Jan 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          TLDR: fascism requires mandatory unity for strengthening the state and isn't about dismissing speech or dissent. And I'm done. tyall

          6 replies 28 retweets 98 likes
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