Most of us only know knew fascism from history books. But I think the part that has been the most surprising is how stupid it is.

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ReflectedImage 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Basically, fascism creates a system where people are promoted based on political loyalty rather than competency.

The most loyal people will be the people who lack skill since they only have the position due to the higher ups ensuring loyalty.

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Animats 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's a good insight.

Inept authoritarianism - the worse of both worlds.

	▲	toomanyrichies 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		One could argue that incompetent authoritarianism is better for the country than competent authoritarianism. It's just too bad those are our only choices at the moment.

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JumpCrisscross 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> the part that has been the most surprising is how stupid it is

Read The Wages of Destruction.

The Nazis were economically inept. This part of fascism’s history—its incompetence–is often overwritten by stories of gleaming German engineering and Italian timeliness.