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  • comi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    New idea, we have to have automod saying “define fascism” after each mention of the word. There are like ten definitions flowing around people’s head and it causes confusion.

    Like primarily for me it’s state/petit bougie/lumpen alliance to crush workers movement, for somebody else it’s police state, for others it’s racist project, for others again it’s any authoritarian state. :shrug-outta-hecks: some of these would fit, while other won’t, but they all appeal to imagery of nazism, which is slightly different again

    • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I mean fascism is an actual ideology, a shitty one, but it has consistent trends and tropes. Namely state sponsored racism, extreme privatization of industry, as well as heavy use of military to solve problems (such as labor strikes) and an imperialist desire, to name a few.

      You'll find all of those things in a fascist state as part of the base line of its laws.

      Stuff like authoritarianism is so vague, which is on purpose, and can be applied to literally any form of government.