• Rogue_General@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 year ago

    Right? His “analysis” is so shallow a child could poke holes through it.

    He says:

    “Fascist” is from the Latin term “fasces” which means “bind together”. Corporate, government and media collusion is fascist, by definition

    What he’s trying to do here is water down the meaning of the word. He’s alluding that everything dealing with “togetherness” is fascist. Families? Business contracts? Weddings? Yup, all of these could fall under his re-imagined dictionary definition of fascist.

    Be aware this is a tactic fascists like to use (and have used throughout history) to water down the meaning of words so they lose effectiveness. The thought process goes that if everything is fascist, the word loses meaning so then nothing can be fascist. Dumb argument but it can work sometimes, so we must be vigilant in continuously mocking this tactic and those who use it.