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    • bartera@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      My point is that I don’t know what’s specifically “fascist” about it if virtually everyone uses it.

      • StringTheory@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        2 years ago

        “Fascist” is an adjective. Like “green.”

        A bad example: l don’t know what’s specifically green about it if virtually all plants look that way.

        Everyone is using a fascist tactic. It doesn’t become a benevolent tactic because everyone uses it. It’s still fascist.

        Edit: here is one of the better known essays on fascism, which might be of more use than my clumsy attempt https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html. Humans have been rollicking around brutalizing each other since before we climbed down out of the trees, and using fascist tactics long before we had a word for it.