1. This tweet and the accompanying article got a lot of attention when it came out, but we should be clear that they are merely stating a long held orthodoxy on American right: that some forms of fascism are benign & preferable to anti-fascism.https://twitter.com/amconmag/status/1462118546205466629 …
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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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Neoliberalism is also in that category, between 1975 and now.
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I'd question how much this sentiment ever receded; the Kirkpatrick Doctrine fits in neatly.
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This is very well put and it seems to me that "fellow travelling" is an excellent way to understand much right and right-adjacent discourse these days (e.g. self-identified liberals who engage in culture-war ideological programs that effectively aid the right).
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Until #3, I never understood the hatred directed at Pres. Carter for his human-rights initiatives
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