I'm sorry, but you don't get to do that! `fascism` already has an established meaning. Please make up a new word for what you believe `fascism` means.
Going by the dictionary definition:
> 1. a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
> 2. a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
This is the exact opposite of Carl's beliefs and agenda.
EDIT: how can we have any discussion about anything if everyone gets to define words to mean whatever they want to mean?
> The Antifa movement in Germany is a political movement, composed of multiple far-left, autonomous, militant groups and individuals who describe themselves as anti-fascist. The use of the epithet fascist against opponents and the understanding of capitalism as a form of fascism are central to the movement.
1. requiring people to have a Facebook account to access a free public wi-fi hotspot so they can keep up on Reddit while they eat their fudge brownie ice cream.
2. an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.
> I'm sorry, but you don't get to do that! `fascism` already has an established meaning. Please make up a new word for what you believe `fascism` means
I see your point, but honestly, that's not how language work. Changes in meaning over time are not so uncommon, and "fascist" has been used in a loose sense for years (at least in Italian), but looking at Wikipedia this holds for English too.
Antifa is an anarchist direct action movement that tries to deny Fascist groups the ability to organize by basically beating the crap out of them when they try to get together.
"Fascist" isn't a synonym for "politics I don't like".
It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless... almost any English person would accept ‘bully’ as a synonym for ‘Fascist’. That is about as near to a definition as this much-abused word has come
Huge opportunity here to censor your disfavored groups by calling them fascist, which has, in recent times, evolved from being a political science term, to being a very broad type of insult/accusation usable against almost anyone you don’t like.
Are we talking Mussolini? Cause I think invoking fascism is debatable - at best it should be qualified. But the way you’re expressing it is sensational, as though you’re unable to critique your own viewpoint and leave the possibility that you’re wrong.
What is fascism? Look at the bottom of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_fascism wrt Orwell's comments, and "Fascist as insult".
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