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Nah, it's one of the contradictions built in to fascist ideology. They need the enemy to be both everywhere and all powerful but also snivelling and weak at the same time. if they actually knew anything about their enemies they'd have a harder time maintaining the overpowering enemy half that justifies their paranoia and demands for conformity and military postuer while also maintaining the weak enemy that justi
This is one of fascism's largest weakpoints, is it not? Constantly underestimating your enemy is a terrible war strategy. Thinking of the Hitler quote where he was shocked that the USSR had built so much in so little time.
Let's be honest here, MOST people do this about their political rivals. We do it all the time here, American fascists are all lard ass cucked dorks, but also the most terrifying force in human history.
I feel like that's a bit different though, because american fascists are usually insufferable losers as people, and that's not incompatible with them being dangerous and pushing harmful ideology
Not exactly the same as what fascists do, which often materialises as claiming their enemies to be completely weak and ineffectual, lesser humans, but somehow able to control the world from the shadows, or similar