left wing terrorism is a real issue in Europe

um, no. Maybe in the 1970s/80s. I think what you mean today are Kreml-backed attacks. Nothing left-wing about those.

that is more prevalent than right wing one

um, double no.

I always feel queasy when people of a certain minority confirm the prejudices one has about them.

I’m pretty sure I saw footage of exactly that happening

c/thanksimcured

You’re basically arguing “if you remove all the things that define fascism, then fascism isn’t so bad”.

I think you somewhat confuse totalitarianism with fascism. As I said in another comment, while dictatorship is pretty much always part of fascism, the opposite does not necessarily hold true.

I see what you’re getting at, but not every dictatorship is necessarily fascistic. If it wants to save all of humanity it cannot be purely fascistic because Othering is a substantial part of fascism. And that’s where your hypothetical falls apart. Also the militarism, which - together with othering - leads to expansionism by war, which cannot be good for our ecosphere.

I have played with the thought of global totalitarianism to save the planet from climate catastrophe myself. It might be our only chance, but it is extremely unlikely to happen before the climax of the catastrophe, and afterwards as well tbh.

If that’s what you’re going for, just call it something else. You won’t be doing your ideas any favors by calling them fascistic.

They almost make it sound like “class” is some sort of immutable thing you’re born into like ethnicity or skin color. When really it just means “rich people”. And if you’re rich beyond a certain threshold, it’s pretty much a given that you decided to walk all over poorer people to get there. Hate justified.

Honest question: how did you deduce that “kinds of liberals” did this? What sort of party does the Czech president belong to?

If communism can be done without the bad stuff, so should fascism.

“The bad stuff” is the very definition of fascism:

Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement that rose to prominence in early-20th-century Europe. Fascism is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.

“racial, ethnic, national, religious or class-based hatred” is pretty much built-in. No, it doesn’t actually say “hatred” in that text but if you don’t see the implication I can’t help you.

… suddenly … Why is it from so many different countries?

Can you specify? I just saw this post (German). Where else? Afghans specifically?

IIRC somebody (Trump or Biden maybe) declared Afghanistan a safe state after the US military left, or to justify its departure.

That and a rise in far-right populist fear- and hatemonmgering anti-immigration policy in many countries. Like Germany.

Are you serious right now?

he was right very often and “only” his tone was…unfiltered

Yeah, there’s a big difference between just insulting someone, or insulting someone based on clear arguments. AFAIK Torvalds always did the latter. Again, not saying that makes it OK though.

Considering their past I’d have hoped they know enough about this to phrase it better.

Frankly, even “Russians” (which was the contemptuous go-to term for their oppressors in most East-European countries) would’ve been better than “communists”.

CZ is having trouble with several not-so-good extremes of populism and might even go the way of Hungary or Slovakia in the near future. That’s probably the true reason for this misguided law.

Looking at the comments: sheesh. TIL that the PRC’s Troll army is here, too.

You:

At least in Germany, the consensus is, that they support a peaceful reunification.

Translation of your quote:

On the one hand, the Federal Government emphasizes one-China policy, but on the other hand maintains contacts with Taiwan below the diplomatic recognition

That alone basically says the political stance is multi-faceted and nowhere near a “consensus”.

The article states that China demands support for re-unification with China, and Germany warns China against attacking Taiwan.

Yes, the sentence you quoted is in the article, but it’s not central to it, and all the rest of it opposes your claims.

up to five years for anyone who “establishes, supports or promotes Nazi, communist, or other movements which demonstrably aim to suppress human rights and freedoms or incite racial, ethnic, national, religious or class-based hatred.”

I’m uncomfortable with this. Wouldn’t

up to five years for anyone who “establishes, supports or promotes movements which demonstrably aim to suppress human rights and freedoms or incite racial, ethnic, national, religious or class-based hatred.”

have been better?

While all that undoubtedly holds true for fascism, it does not do so for communism per se - just the authoritarian version of it which was developed in Russia in the past 100 years.

I know little about the political landscape in CZ, but isn’t the regime currently rightwing-populist? And maybe the communist party is Kreml-backed?

Unfortunately neither that nor the “legal imbalance” is explained in the article.

Looks at date… meh. We’ve been through this, OP. Many years ago. In great detail. Meaning, among other things, plenty of lazy outrage posting like this.

And Torvalds has my full respect for facing the music and coming out a better person. Not many people are able to admit they’ve been wrong about something, and even fewer are able to actually do something about it.

Still, without the old Torvalds we wouldn’t have memes like this one either.

he’s one of the few people I’ve read about who not only acknowledged that but also put effort into changing it - and succeeded.

💯

Not sure I’d have characterised him as an “absolute dipshit” even back then, though.

That is how I read it as well.

Also, Torvalds went through some serious soul-searching between then and now and really came out on top of it. My full respect.

lately Linus learned how to do it correctly without going on rants

Yep. This is from 2012 and we went through whatever OP is trying to do here sometime between then and maybe 5 years ago - in great detail. And Torvalds really came out on top of it.