Are there any recorded cases of a nation's populace identifying a growing fascist movement before it fully took control, and then successfully rooting it out without resorting to civil war? Asking for a friend.

@im Do all the fascist parties count if they’re (not yet) in power? FN in France, AdF in Germany? Did we loose Austria to FPÖ or are they not established enough? SVP in Switzerland is part of the majority but doesn’t hold power in its own, either. So, there’s still hope as long as the institutions make it through the brown years.

@karl @im I used to be Austrian, I have family in Austria, my dad lives in Vienna, my sister lives in Klagenfurt, and every now and then I drive past the curve where Haider died in a car crash and it is still full of flowers. I feel quite qualified to write about Austria. The budget is not the most important part of government.

@kensanata @karl @im Budget is a huge part of government. If you create debits killing your country, you do something wrong IMHO. but every serious argument for sure is fine for discussion.

@kmj @karl @im Sure, but how does the budget compare to fascism? Was Hitler good for the budget? Was Pinochet good for the budget? Franco? Salazar? I don’t care!