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minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]hexbear6·2 years agoThere's no such thing as prolonged fascism, of course. Even the "Moderate" forms can barely tick along for 20 years before they fall apart and it took every trick in the CIA book to stop Portugal et al from going Communist. link
minus-squareedge [he/him]hexbear6·2 years ago it took every trick in the CIA book to stop Portugal et al from going Communist They even had a plan to stoke Azorean independence. Apparently the group they were working with (far-right of course) was ready to do it in a couple days. But I guess they realized it would be too obvious that it was American backed and would strain relations with Europe. link
There's no such thing as prolonged fascism, of course. Even the "Moderate" forms can barely tick along for 20 years before they fall apart and it took every trick in the CIA book to stop Portugal et al from going Communist.
They even had a plan to stoke Azorean independence.
Apparently the group they were working with (far-right of course) was ready to do it in a couple days. But I guess they realized it would be too obvious that it was American backed and would strain relations with Europe.