Who Are The Fascists In This Country?

[cassa333]

The wiki definition is:

Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

Sounds less like Conservatism and more like hard left Corbynista Momentum to me.

[fiction-factory]

Yes, I always thought of the political spectrum as a horshoe with the two extremes quite close together. The Nazis considered themselves as national socialists.

[jno]

oh dear, the dictator Corbyn!

Only everybody's a nationalist now, so maybe he as a Brexiter is more in tune with the public than the remainer May?

[fiction-factory]

^horseshoe- my keyboard still misses out letters

[cassa333]

Well let's see, forcible suppression of opposition. Yep. Storm buildings of speakers you don't t like and funnily enough call them a fascist.

Dictatorial power. Yep. Tell elected councillors they cannot make decisions for the next six months because they will be out by May.

Control of industry and commerce. Yep nationalise and control into government hands.

It does rather sound more like the New old Labour to me.