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Additionally, and this premise is somewhat debatable, the people there didn't think they were installing a dictator. They thought they were protecting democracy somehow. Insane, mistaken, stupid, laughable.. Lots of words better describe what happened there.

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Mussolini held elections, too. People can believe that the will of the people was their party winning and never acknowledge that they actually lost fairly. It’s especially easy when you surround yourself with people who lie to you and assiduously avoid contradictory sources or critical thinking.

It's true that many of the people on Jan 6 didn't view themselves as extreme and didn't realize they were being fascist — they probably mostly truly did believe they were protecting democracy — however this does not preclude them being de-facto fascists.

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