• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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          It originated in the Soviet Union, it’s associated with Communism because of the Soviet Union. It’s only a symbol of Communism within the context of the USSR, if you believe the model of the USSR to be fascist then you believe the Hammer and Sickle to be symbolic of fascism.

          Alternatively, you can dissapprove of the model of the USSR while recognizing it as Socialist and not fascist.

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        Only fascists pretend that fascists were socialists.

        Its almost as if mussolini got kicked out of the Italian socliast league specifically for not remotely socialist.

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          Movements don’t rise from nothing. His first supporters were card carrying members of the Italian Socialist Party. “Kicked out” of a party you replace is a weird way to say it.

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              If fighting socialists disqualifies you as a socialist, then there would be no socialists.

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                I agree. However, fascsists aren’t socialists. If it isn’t socialism for everyone it isn’t socialism at all.

                The national socialists had to change their name from what it was previously. Hitler wanted to use “socialist” as a buzzword to trick idiots.