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Was Confucius a proto-Fascist?

>> No.2113576

yes most definitely. wait.. no definitely not, sorry. i was confused for a second.

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Were Doaists proto-liberals?

>> No.2113632

He was a proto-patriarch.

>> No.2113661

there's a difference between confucius and neo-confucianism

>> No.2113689

anacronic implyonism is the neo-anonymistic memetic behavior

so typical

>> No.2114047

>>2113661

What does Neo-Confucianism mean to you?

Would you describe the current Chinese government as Neo-Confucian?

>> No.2114064

Plato was.

>> No.2114099

>>2113689
implyonism is not a word.

>>2113565
Sticking the word "proto" in front of other politically loaded words without argument is a wickedly sophomoric way of comparing ideologies.

Rather, understand that authoritarianism was the norm in the ancient world and thus the theory of fascism (as a contradistiction from the 20th century politcal trends of liberalism and socialism) was largely irrelevant. Ideas need context kid.

>> No.2114102

>>2114064

Also, you're an idiot. Plato was against democracy, that doesn't make him a fascist. Democracy back then wasn't republicanism now and there were a lot more reasons to be against it. Tyranny of the majority, mob rule, and all that

>> No.2114122

>>2114099
>>2113689

Its a word if you are autistic, or so they say.

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I like that Confucius was a slave, who thought slavery was justified.

Does that entirely nullify his contributions to philosophy? It strikes me that it really ought to.

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>mfw people call Confucianism a religion

It says directly in the Analects that Confucius did not lecture on spiritual matters

How much clearer can it fucking get?

>> No.2114151

>>2113661
>there's a difference between confucius and neo-confucianism

exactly

keep this in mind people

>> No.2114175

>>2114102

Truth, bro. Democracy is one of the worst things to happen to the individual since national socialism. Government by the people is still government and, by definition, restricts freedom.