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minus-square@PunkRockSportsFanlinkEnglish-10•22 days agoMonarchism is fascism. One person making all the decisions is fascism.
minus-square@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink22•22 days agoWhy even bother with words if we’re going to do this with them?
minus-square@PunkRockSportsFanlinkEnglish2•edit-222 days 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-square@NABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•22 days 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-square@WildPalmTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•22 days agoUpvotes upon upvotes. Some more relstable than other. The last one hits hard, for example.
minus-square@AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-222 days agoOne person making all the decisions is a dictatorship, which is distinct from both fascism and monarchy. Unless we replace the meanings of distinct words with the principle that all bad things are the same thing.
Monarchism is fascism.
One person making all the decisions is fascism.
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.
One person making all the decisions is a dictatorship, which is distinct from both fascism and monarchy.
Unless we replace the meanings of distinct words with the principle that all bad things are the same thing.