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Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economyThe way I see Anderson, Braverman, Tice, Farage and Reform UK.
Unpleasant? Very
Incompetent Certainly
Racist? I think there is strong evidence
Fascist? In my understanding, this is where racial hatred is backed up with organised intimidation and violence. So no I don’t agree this is the case. Potentially in the future? Who knows. And we should never be complacent. But the accusation in the opening post is that Reform UK are the new British Fascists.
Though I don’t like Reform UK, they aren’t the National Front. They aren’t even as brazen as the BNP. Concerningly they are polling 12% and this is likely enough to influence the outcome of the election. For this reason, they can’t just be ignored. If you dismiss the 12% of the UK electorate willing to vote for them as fascists, how are you ever going to get them to see sense and engage with mainstream thinking
That ticks many Reform boxes. Reform can't suppress anything till they are in power. I for one am not prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt in the mean time. They have all the instincts of fascism, in much the same way a teenager downloading terrorism porn has all the instincts of a terrorist.