2. I'd say going back to 1930s (or perhaps 1930s) the dominant mode of conservative thought has been that figures like Mussolini & Franco are useful bulwarks against working class militancy & anti-fascism (because it involves an alliance with left) is itself dangerous.
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3. Philio-fascism or fascist fellow travelling is pervasive on right and was especially strong from circa 1935-1975. It went into slight abeyance with rise of "human rights" & pro-democracy talk as anti-communist tool, but has come back with vigor in last 10 years.
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4. A few examples:: Ludwig von Mises, 1927: "It cannot be denied that Fascism & similar movements aiming at the establishment of dictatorships are full of the best intentions & that their intervention has, for the moment, saved European civilization."
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5. Von Mises continued: "The merit that Fascism has thereby won for itself will live on eternally in history." National Review 1975 in obituary: “Francisco Franco was our century’s most successful ruler.”
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6. My favorite of the conservative fascist apologia is Jeffrey Hart's Mussolini paean (warning, uses n-word). "Mussolini liked to interrupt his working day several times with sexual intercourse, often standing up and in his uniform, a very rapid performance."pic.twitter.com/IUjpSbN5C1
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7. Some extended thoughts on the new pro-fascist arguments and their deep roots on the right.https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/you-dont-in-fact-have-to-hand-it-f84?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter …
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The thing I always, always go back to is that the charges leveled by HUAC STA beginning within years of WWII were that Americans were “prematurely anti-fascist.” Meaning they opposed the Nazis too soon.
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I don’t know how “STA” got in there, it means nothing. Ignore it.
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I like how they state that we should not equate them, but indisputable Nazi symbols, ideas, rhetoric, etc. are not only present at their events and in their circles, they are tolerated and often encouraged.
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There is also a problem in shoehorning everything into American political dichotomies. You don’t have to be an apologist to acknowledge pedigrees of (even European) fascism...and denounce them all
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