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I did some reading, it seems I had a misunderstanding of some of the finer details. Perhaps authoritarian or totalitarianism are better terms? I'm not sure, but regardless, I fail to see how many of the tactics of fascism couldn't be employed by the political left, which I guess is the point I was originally getting at.
If the left employed fascist tactics then they stop being the left.
So communist governments that have used media control, militarism, cronyism, violated human rights, etc., aren't left-wing?
No, they're state capitalist.
So communist governments have never existed?
Leftism overtly opposes the tools of fascism: sexism, racism, imperialism, nationalism, etc.
Maybe you should more reading before posting about this topic.
Except left-wing nationalism is a thing that exists. And those aren't the only tools of fascism. Fascists are known to control mass media, but thats not inherently a right wing thing. Corruption and cronyism aren't mutually exclusive to the right. Military supremacy isn't inherently right wing. What am I missing here?