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minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·1 day agoWhy even bother with words if we’re going to do this with them?
minus-squarePunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoBecause “djdbdbdj fjdjdnd dhhsbdhdjdnd” makes even less sense than reductively explaining that a king or queen is a fascist by definition. They can remove your head if they dislike your opinions.
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 day agoWords matter. Fascism is a very specific thing. Calling every authoritarian government fascism just dilutes the meaning of the word. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism
minus-squareWildPalmTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoUpvotes upon upvotes. Some more relstable than other. The last one hits hard, for example.
Why even bother with words if we’re going to do this with them?
Because “djdbdbdj fjdjdnd dhhsbdhdjdnd” makes even less sense than reductively explaining that a king or queen is a fascist by definition. They can remove your head if they dislike your opinions.
Words matter. Fascism is a very specific thing. Calling every authoritarian government fascism just dilutes the meaning of the word.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism
Upvotes upon upvotes. Some more relstable than other. The last one hits hard, for example.