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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He sort of is. I think they've realized that if they focus on reactionary leaders in a particular country, those leaders are going to get pissed off internationally unless they focus on coordinating these sort of movements internationally. This has been happening now for a while through the typical troll factories, it's just that Musk and his capitalism sanctioned propaganda network is stepping up as well hand in hand with the new dystopian US government coming in.

[–] grue 14 points 2 weeks ago

coordinating these sort of movements internationally. This has been happening now for a while through the typical troll factories

It's also been happening via conventions like CPAC (of "We Are All Domestic Terrorists" fame), which attracts fascists from all over the world like Orbán and Farage, not just ones from the US. And that's just the collusion they do out in the open, rather than behind closed doors/via Erik Prince's WhatsApp group/etc.

They are literally themselves the international "New World Order" conspiracy they try to accuse the "(((liberals)))" of being. As usual, that's projection too.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

So issue a warrant you coward

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Coming from someone at the helm of a new reactionary movement, that's pretty tasty!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

What does he mean by reactionary? I've usually heard it used in the context of referring to everyone who isn't as thoroughly your flavor of communist as you'd like. Does it have a meaning predating that? Does he mean Nazi but doesn't want to say it?

Fundamentally, every movement is a response in some way to a prior one, so the literal meaning doesn't really work.

[–] Takapapatapaka 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From what I know and what Wikipedia tells, reactionary means 'who wants to return to a previous social/political situation'. I've also seen it used a lot in anarchist and communist discussions, mainly as a word to describe people that want to bring back the system a revolution changed, or something that changed in society.

I see it as the other side of the 'conservative' coin : you are conservative until the society changes, then you are a reactionary if you want it to be 'like it was before'

In my experience in France, the word mostly describes right wingers who fight against social progress : inclusivity, diversity, etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks, I wonder why that's different from regressive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't see a fundamental difference, only that "reactionary" is favored more by leftists, and "regressive" more so by liberals. I myself would use the two interchangeably, depending on the preference of the person I'm talking to.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Réactionnaire in French is someone who wants to uphold the current or traditional social order and opposes all social and economic changes towards inclusivity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

So more racist than authoritarian? Thanks.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 2 points 2 weeks ago

Same thing as we mean by republiQan. Backwards-ass faux-holier-than-thou dipshits with money and power or the mistaken belief they will soon have such.