And the Soviet Union only fulfills 7 of these points. Crucially missing includes:
>> 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
>> 8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
>> 9. Corporate Power is Protected
>> 10. Labor Power is Suppressed
Saying that any of these points applied to the Soviet Union at any point in its history is ahistorical.
In addition we have nuanced points like:
>> 2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
This was true for a small period during Stalin’s purges but under Khrushchev the human rights record of the Soviet Union was on par with other (non fascist) European colonizers like France. If we were to consider this true for the Soviet Union we must also include France under Charles de Gaulle to be fascist. But again we have another name for the ideology behind these atrocities: colonizer.
Note also that there was a Fascist colonizer in Western Europe for most of Soviet Union’s history. And that was Portugal. Are you telling me that what made Portugal fascist, could equally apply to the Soviet Union? Nobody thinks so, probably not even you.
Also note this point:
>> 3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
This was true throughout the history of the Soviet Union, but an important distinction/nuance is the unifying enemy of the Soviet Union was Fascism and Western Imperialism, and not The Jews, Feminists, or Collage Campuses. The latter three are indication of fascism, the former two are indication of most centralized states.
>> 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
>> 8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
>> 9. Corporate Power is Protected
>> 10. Labor Power is Suppressed
Saying that any of these points applied to the Soviet Union at any point in its history is ahistorical.
In addition we have nuanced points like:
>> 2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
This was true for a small period during Stalin’s purges but under Khrushchev the human rights record of the Soviet Union was on par with other (non fascist) European colonizers like France. If we were to consider this true for the Soviet Union we must also include France under Charles de Gaulle to be fascist. But again we have another name for the ideology behind these atrocities: colonizer.
Note also that there was a Fascist colonizer in Western Europe for most of Soviet Union’s history. And that was Portugal. Are you telling me that what made Portugal fascist, could equally apply to the Soviet Union? Nobody thinks so, probably not even you.
Also note this point:
>> 3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
This was true throughout the history of the Soviet Union, but an important distinction/nuance is the unifying enemy of the Soviet Union was Fascism and Western Imperialism, and not The Jews, Feminists, or Collage Campuses. The latter three are indication of fascism, the former two are indication of most centralized states.