Oh no! Anyway…

Yeah but he’s on Lemmy and engaging in discussion so there’s potentially hope

That is why it has to first be proven in a court of law

I’m not defining anything. Fascism is an already well defined term with very clear criteria, such as being opposed to democracy and replacing it with an authoratarian, one-party state. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

In Germany there is a special, independent court, at a similar level to the US supreme court but without the ability for parties to appoint the judges like they can in the US, that reveiws hard evidence and determines whether a political party can be proven to be actively trying to break the constitution (including the part that makes Germany a democracy, for example). So it’s not left up to someone’s opinion, nor can one party simply label another as fascist to ban them (like Hitler did)

The main thing you need is a much better constitution

Sure, but dictatorships don’t end without civil war

The US constitution kinda sucks and just trusts those in power to uphold democracy. Germany learned from Hitler that that isn’t the case, so their constitution provides multiple defences against a dictator that US lacks

Being intolerant of fascists does not make one a fascist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

Not true, there have been multiple banned parties since WW2

This wouldn’t be a party banning another party, it would be the independent constitutional court

Oh right I didn’t mean that I mean the PEDs that all top level athletes use

What a hypocrite

In case anyone isn’t aware, all professional athletes at that level dope. Some countries just take it further than others