how are they both neoliberals and fascists?

Anyone can be a fascist.

Where's the neolib? All I see are far right fascist scum

(Who's that in the bottom left?)

If everyone is a fascist, no one is.

Tony Stark

Pretty sure Stark had some redeeming qualities, tho Larry Ellison did cameo as himself in the second Ironman movie, making him a real-life marvel character.

(It's Larry Ellison tho - thanks for the nudge)

Difference between "can be" and "is". That's elementary English grammar...

WeLl iN ThIs cAsE, yOu aRe iNdIcAtInG ThAt aNyThInG CaN PoTeNtIaLlY Be a fAsCiSt, ThErEfOrE, tHeRe iS NoThInG To dIfFeReNtIaTe tHiNgS ThAt cOuLd bE FaScIsTs fRoM ThInGs tHaT ArEn't fAsCiStS. sO YoU ArEn't mAkInG A StAtEmEnT ThAt sPeCiFiEs aNyThInG.

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They're not. They are bog-standard liberals enabling fascism in the time-honoured tradition. Liberal elites don't become fascists. That's what the vilest part of the working class is for. They just fund and enable it from above to do their dirty work.

I had trouble reading that

oh ffs

my apologies for overestimating the political literacy of the typical lemmy user.

i’m not going to beg any of you to bother knowing what “neoliberal” means. i am simply no longer a lemmy user. and i realize i don’t have to announce my departure - i know you don’t care, but that is a problem, whether you agree with me or not. the culture here (all over this platform) is aggressively ignorant and it’s not harmless.