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Conservatism is Brain Damage (lemmy.world)

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[–] Amadou_WhatIWant 15 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Look, conservatives suck but theyre not fascists. Calling everybody to the right of you fascist waters down the meaning of the word.

Heres a good take by Umberto Eco on what makes fascism distinct from other political movements: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

[–] madcaesar 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's hard because, yes you are right, but when can you start calling somone a fascist? Do you have have to wait for them to actually start rounding you up and putting you in prison, or can you point it out early in order to avoid the complete fascist takeover?

I guess my point is that, once a group is actually fully fascist, you will no longer be allowed to call them that.

[–] Amadou_WhatIWant 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah good point

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