Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.

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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.

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      I fail to see how many of the tactics of fascism

      Leftism overtly opposes the tools of fascism: sexism, racism, imperialism, nationalism, etc.

      Maybe you should more reading before posting about this topic.

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        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?

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      If the left employed fascist tactics then they stop being the left.

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        So communist governments that have used media control, militarism, cronyism, violated human rights, etc., aren’t left-wing?

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          So communist governments that have used media control, militarism, cronyism, violated human rights, etc., aren’t left-wing?

          No, they’re state capitalist.