They can’t use any of the more well known Fascists, because even they aren’t so braindead to think that openly saying “Hitler was right actually” would endear anyone to their cause. So they use more “Obscure” (for Americans at least) Fascist dictators, which means they can just lie about Fascism more easily since their audience will know nothing about Chile under Pinochet.
Yeah, Pinochet is a great dogwhistle for them, because a liberal will read a phrase like “Pinochet’s helicopter tours” and think nothing of it, so Fascist can slowly normalise their fucked up worldview. Which is why Pinochet is so important to them, not because he actually “accomplished” anything, even by Fascist standards, but only because he works as the ideal “foot in the door” to normalise Fascism amongst ignorant westerners.
They can’t use any of the more well known Fascists, because even they aren’t so braindead to think that openly saying “Hitler was right actually” would endear anyone to their cause. So they use more “Obscure” (for Americans at least) Fascist dictators, which means they can just lie about Fascism more easily since their audience will know nothing about Chile under Pinochet.
i’ve seen the words “pinocet did nothing wrong” out there a year ago
Yeah, Pinochet is a great dogwhistle for them, because a liberal will read a phrase like “Pinochet’s helicopter tours” and think nothing of it, so Fascist can slowly normalise their fucked up worldview. Which is why Pinochet is so important to them, not because he actually “accomplished” anything, even by Fascist standards, but only because he works as the ideal “foot in the door” to normalise Fascism amongst ignorant westerners.