Post #1754028
2026-04-22 21:26 UTC
@dashdsrdash In my view it's not really a question.
Facism is a set of identifiable characteristics. A heuristic perhaps? That you can check an entity against:
Appeals to the mythic pastCalls to ViolenceUs Versus ThemDehumanizing The Other
To name a few. If a person passes the test? They're a facist. Same goes for a corporation.
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@dashdsrdash@tilde.zone 2026-04-23 12:36
@feoh The word "fascist" as presently used has drifted, and I think my definition is the new usage. The classic "fascism" is a set of tools which the current one is willing to use: nationalism, militarism, racism, designation of an external enemy which is labelled as simultaneously weak and cowardly yet also implacable and dangerous, single-leader cult worship. Those are not core beliefs of these people, those are strategies that they find acceptable to achieve and maintain power.