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I think that's facile and actually downplays Fascism: It fits only if you drop so much detail that it's no better than saying "Crime Gangs are Feudalism" or even "Crime Gangs are Government".

While there may be a subset of gangs which also have Fascist ideologies, I don't see how one could claim all gangs express stuff like (among other definitions) palingenetic ultranationalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palingenetic_ultranationalism



Fascist ideology, or goal is that we should be governed by a hierarchical power-structure not elected by democratic elections.

I believe most crime gangs fit that description.

On the other side groups who explicitly identify themselves as Fascist or Neo-Nazi etc. don't really differ from criminal gangs much. They have similar goals: Rule by the Boss, not restricted by any laws or elections.


You're saying that anything that isn't using "democratic elections" is Fascist, and that makes no sense.

Do you really believe that Britain under King Henry VIII and Italy under Mussolini were both Fascist?




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