@Alex1488 @colonelj
>Fascism isn't necessarily a bad thing
Yes it is. All forms of authoritarianism are always bad. Anything that restricts liberty is inherently bad. You might have situations where a restriction of rights and liberties is a necessary evil, like when during a war you need to restrict the press so that military secrets don't leak out, but that doesn't make it a good thing.
@Alex1488 @colonelj
Protecting western interests by authoritarian means implies "promoting" western values by means of force and coercion. But since "western values" mainly consists of freedom and liberty for all individuals, you're literally creating a paradox. You can't have freedom through authoritarianism.
Fascism isn't necessarily a bad thing. Consider guns; they're a tool for safety in the right hands, a tool for destruction and theft of property in other's.
In this case, fascism is being used against the people's it's being employed in, as opposed to in their favor.