Political Memes

First of all, what the fuck kind of standard is that, “indefintely”?

Is that not the standard you're applying to liberal democracy?

They were the major force in the Spanisch civil war until they lost because fascism is better at the military.

That's not even close to true. The fascists won the Spanish Civil War due to a mixture of outside help and the Soviets literally backstabbing the socialists and anarchists.

In Cuba, they literally overthrew the fascist dictatorship that was there at the time.

Oh, cool. What did they replace it with?

And even though I don’t like the Soviet Union for a variety of reasons, especially once Stalin took over, they were the ones who bore the brunt of the war against the Nazis while the USA were initially only helping for profit.

Jesus Christ.

And yes, I am aware that the USSR also played a significant role in letting the Nazis grow to power. Like I said, Stalin (and the system he represented) bad.

Okay, then you are also aware that the USSR was a fascist regime painted red which engaged in a great deal of ethnic cleansing and mass murder, as well as autocratic governance and the destruction of workers' political, civil, and economic rights.

So you've still not offered a single ideology that has actually managed to hold off totalitarianism in a way liberal democracy has not.

To get back to the original topic, since we both evidently disenjoy fascism, we (as in, our respective ideological groups) should maybe join in a united front against it. Not as a centrist “reach across the aisle”, just to work together on this particular issue. And I’d love to do that. But Joe seems stuck in the proud 'murican tradition of panicking at the sight of red flags and siding with fascists.

Cool. The United Front here is really easy. Vote for the coalition candidate; you know, the one running with the party that has DemSocs and SocDems in it in addition to moderates and neolibs; against the literal fucking fascist.