I really enjoyed reading this piece right up until he labeled Steve Bannon a fascist. Because this comment is so wildly nonsensical, I lost interest in the rest of the piece and hit the back button.
Exactly this. The whole conclusion is a beautifully illustrated strawman.
I’ll fight Fascism in any way I can, and I’ll stand on any side of the aisle and denounce racial supremacy in any way shape or form, but holy cow did this web comic jump to some pretty zany conclusions at the end.
Well, to start, almost anything but fascist. I think being non-globalist is literally the only thing in common. About the only description more incorrect would be to call him a communist.
Bannon sure doesn't sound at all like Mussolini describing fascism. Think about who in the modern world comes closest to agreeing with what Mussolini says:
“All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
“I declare that henceforth capital and labor shall have equal rights and duties as brothers in the fascist family.”
“God does not exist—religion in science is an absurdity, in practice an immorality and in men a disease.”
It's definitely not Steve Bannon or anybody associated with him.
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I really enjoyed reading this piece right up until he labeled Steve Bannon a fascist. Because this comment is so wildly nonsensical, I lost interest in the rest of the piece and hit the back button.
Exactly this. The whole conclusion is a beautifully illustrated strawman.
I’ll fight Fascism in any way I can, and I’ll stand on any side of the aisle and denounce racial supremacy in any way shape or form, but holy cow did this web comic jump to some pretty zany conclusions at the end.
seems like a pretty widely held view?
Perhaps widely held by a very small and very loud group of people.
how would you describe him?
Well, to start, almost anything but fascist. I think being non-globalist is literally the only thing in common. About the only description more incorrect would be to call him a communist.
Bannon sure doesn't sound at all like Mussolini describing fascism. Think about who in the modern world comes closest to agreeing with what Mussolini says:
“All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
“I declare that henceforth capital and labor shall have equal rights and duties as brothers in the fascist family.”
“God does not exist—religion in science is an absurdity, in practice an immorality and in men a disease.”
It's definitely not Steve Bannon or anybody associated with him.