I feel like people say “Nazi” when they really mean “fascist”, but they’re afraid to say “fascist” because then they will be clearly referring to Republicans, and are afraid of retaliation. It’s not good. We need to normalize calling out fascists as fascists.
out of curiosity i was reading that stuff up, and fascist is also not clearly defined. it refers to a right wing movement in Italy, so in the same manner as “nazi” it simply compares to another group of morons.
You got me curious what the simplified Wikipedia entry for facism is:
“Under fascism, the government heavily controls a country’s economy and other parts of society, usually by using a form of authoritarian corporatism. Under this system, companies and workers are supposed to work together under national unity. A fascist regime uses violence to kill or persecute anyone it does not consider useful.”
interesting that it differs so much from the standard English article (from which i have my knowledge). on the other hand, that is what a simple answer would be, without going into the details or background. never checked it out before
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I feel like people say “Nazi” when they really mean “fascist”, but they’re afraid to say “fascist” because then they will be clearly referring to Republicans, and are afraid of retaliation. It’s not good. We need to normalize calling out fascists as fascists.
out of curiosity i was reading that stuff up, and fascist is also not clearly defined. it refers to a right wing movement in Italy, so in the same manner as “nazi” it simply compares to another group of morons.
You got me curious what the simplified Wikipedia entry for facism is:
“Under fascism, the government heavily controls a country’s economy and other parts of society, usually by using a form of authoritarian corporatism. Under this system, companies and workers are supposed to work together under national unity. A fascist regime uses violence to kill or persecute anyone it does not consider useful.”
interesting that it differs so much from the standard English article (from which i have my knowledge). on the other hand, that is what a simple answer would be, without going into the details or background. never checked it out before
Look up “Ur fascism” by Umberto Eco