• kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    4 months ago

    Probably worth teasing this apart.

    There are:

    • Fascist political candidates

    …which can be formally appointed or rejected by voting

    • Fascist organized groups

    …which may attempt to physical seize power regardless of political climate, if the physical conditions seem right, but have a much easier time if the political conditions are favorable too

    • Fascist cultural concepts

    …which proliferate regardless of political and physical conditions, and can really only be managed through social norms, which are themselves often reinforced at the ballot box

    Just because voting only directly impacts the first problem doesn’t mean it has zero impact on the other two.

    In fact, it’s really hard to win the cultural battle and cast fascism as a niche extremist philosophy if it keeps almost winning elections.

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      4 months ago

      Fascist organised groups who tried to seize power can not be fought with voting but thankfully they still have breakable kneecaps

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        4 months ago

        They can’t be defeated with voting, but they can be aided by not voting.

        But yes, I also thank the level designers for putting in accessible weak points.

      • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com
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        4 months ago

        They do tend to do better when more mechanisms of the state are on their side, though. (But yes that doesn’t mean voting alone defeats them.)