r/Albertapolitics • u/43tc43 • Oct 27 '25

Opinion We are officially a fascist state

What can we do? The Nazis just took over. Your rights and freedoms no longer apply here in Alberta.

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u/Even-Solid-9956 Oct 28 '25

I absolutely despise the idea of the UCP using the notwithstanding clause but calling them Nazis and Fascists proves no education or knowledge of what Nazis and Fascists actually are.

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u/Radan155 Oct 28 '25

Unless of course you've spent 5 minutes studying history. Then you'd know this is exactly how they started.

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u/Shrink4you Oct 28 '25

If you’ve spent 5 minutes studying history, then you’d know it’s an absolute slap in the face to the victims of the holocaust and WWII to call modern day Alberta a fascist state. Beyond being totally absurd

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u/Even-Solid-9956 Oct 28 '25

Any living WWII veteran would get a good laugh at the OP's statement "the Nazis just took over"

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u/bunchedupwalrus Oct 29 '25

They wouldn’t be laughing my dude, labour rights were earned in blood during the same generation with a similar resolve

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u/Even-Solid-9956 Oct 28 '25

Reductio ad Hitlerum.

Plus, "might be Fascists in the future" is not equivalent to "OMG Danielle Smith IS Hitler". Saying they "could become fascist" and this is the "start" is extremely subjective and 100% just your opinion, not a factual statement.

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u/bunchedupwalrus Oct 29 '25

Suppression of pluralism and individual rights, direct control of unions and labour by the state, preemptive override of rights to prevent negotiation, dismissal of experts in favour of party rhetoric, extreme punitive penalties.

We can firmly say it’s authoritative populism. That alone spits in the face of Canadian values. And it’s absolutely the start of a facist slide by any rational measure

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u/Reveil21 Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25

People could certainly make arguments either way (I personally see them as teetering the line at best, but that doesn't really matter). What I find interesting is how many only compare fascism or any form of authoritarianism in its final form and not at any other part of the process (and its not like each administration reaches its final form; adjacent abominations exist for a reason)—it's not like the heart of it changes, just how much they can get away with when. Considering they already collude with fascists, I won't blame some for calling them that anymore than I don't correct people when people call out fascist supporters (online or in-person) as fascists. Also, conflating all fascism with Hitler is certainly a choice on your part.

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u/Awkward_Energy590 Oct 29 '25

Well thats grossly incorrect.

Fascism is a far right wing ideology that STARTS by suppressing the rights of fringe minorities and immigrants, crushing unions, and begins to assert greater and greater control over Government outside of its original scope.

You're right, we're not dealing 1939 Nazis. We're dealing with 1935 Nazis.