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Was there ever a nation to come from fascism without a war or a revolution?

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[-] Spesknight@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago
[-] MudMan@fedia.io 14 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_transition_to_democracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_transition_to_democracy

Americans just can't conceive of it for some reason. Always itching for a fight and not even contemplating the notion that the fight isn't immediately adjacent to doing nothing.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -3 points 1 year ago

You're so right and wise and morally correct, MudMan, we need to let them murder people for fifty years first.

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago

Did I say that? At what point did I say that? Is the snarky straw man thing a coping mechanism? Because it certainly isn't an argument.

[-] gremllin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, after killing 3000 chileans.

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Not sure if this fits the description but Greece seems to have done it pretty well in 74

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metapolitefsi

[-] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

But in November 17th of the previous year, a riot had occurred which ultimately resulted in the end of the military junda.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Polytechnic_uprising

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Fair - I wouldn't call it a war though. Not even a revolution as such. It was a riot as you say, with a clash where 40 individuals estimated killed.

[-] match@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago

Do you count nonviolent revolutions?

[-] RockBottom@feddit.org 15 points 1 year ago

Nonviolent revolution, like street protests and strikes etc. is just another word for plain and simple democratic change - so yes, absolutely.

[-] match@pawb.social 21 points 1 year ago

In that case, the nonviolent People Power Revolution ended 20 years of Ferdinand Marcos's dictatorship

Look at the fall of Franco’s regime

[-] splount@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Jesus, that's depressing, considering how long Franco was in power.

Rump might live off McDs but he also doesn't drink and gets regular movement (can you call golf exercise?) Its very possible he could plague us for another ten years.

[-] PixTupy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes. You need all the military on the side of the people.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com -3 points 1 year ago

Nup

I wish I had better news for you

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago

Is the bad news you aren't very good at Wikipedia searches?

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Hands probably too sticky.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 year ago

What happened was definitely revolutionary

It wasn't as violent as some others, but it was still revolution

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago

What happened where?

Since when are elections revolutions? If everything is a revolution nothing is. If you define a revolution as a change of regime then all changes of regime are revolutions, it's a useless, entirely tautological definition.

The OP is asking if fascist regimes have been reverted "without a war or a revolution", presumably meaning without violent conflict.

This is a thing. It has happened multiple times, no matter how low of a bar for violence you set in place.

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