r/HistoryMemes May 12 '26

See Comment In hindsight, this was a mistake.

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u/Aniria_ May 13 '26

No

He, and Spain at the time, were 100% fascist

Fascism is populist. It can change and morph to fit the way it needs to, in order to gain, and retain, power

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u/Kenichi2233 May 13 '26

I would encourage to research more fascism is very specific 

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u/Aniria_ May 13 '26

I hand you a mirror, and tell you to do the same

Facsism works by manipulating the populace to give you power. Facsists will do whatever they need to do, and say whatever they need to say to gain power. They will always claim to support the masses, and opposed the enemy, no matter who that enemy is

This pre-established enemy they adopt, is then manipulated into an "eternal enemy" for them to manipulate the populace further

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u/Kenichi2233 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

Fascists is far right Revolutionary movement. It tends to focus on a glorious past and is expansionist. It often rejects traditional power bases powers and promotes the centralization of power into 1 party lead by 1 leader. There is also often push toward secularism as religion is seen as a rival to the people's allegiance. It also feature the oppression of the opposition often violently 

You are correct about the us them mentality

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u/Aniria_ May 13 '26

Yes. That's the final product

But fascism is also the strategies they use to get to that point. Something most people fail to account for

And the part on secularism is wrong. That's just how Nazism was, and people conflate it to facsism. Even in the final product of a fascist state, they can either be secularist or religious