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Comment by cyanydeez | Hacker News Reader

Are we all just going to let fascist lubricant flow over clearly defineable facts?

Most of us only know knew fascism from history books. But I think the part that has been the most surprising is how stupid it is.

Basically, fascism creates a system where people are promoted based on political loyalty rather than competency.

The most loyal people will be the people who lack skill since they only have the position due to the higher ups ensuring loyalty.

That's a good insight.

Inept authoritarianism - the worse of both worlds.

One could argue that incompetent authoritarianism is better for the country than competent authoritarianism.

It's just too bad those are our only choices at the moment.

One could argue that ineptitude is the lubricant.

Practice makes perfect.

> the part that has been the most surprising is how stupid it is

Read The Wages of Destruction.

The Nazis were economically inept. This part of fascism’s history—its incompetence–is often overwritten by stories of gleaming German engineering and Italian timeliness.

I'm sure the Volkswagen Ponzi scheme would have ended up fine... /s

> But I think the part that has been the most surprising is how stupid [fascism] is.

I mean, Mussolini did try to ban pasta in Italy...

https://bigthink.com/the-past/pasta-italy-mussolini/

What is the fascist lubricant you refer to?

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