• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’m certainly not defending the silencing of protest. It’s just that all fascism is authoritarian, but not all authoritarianism is fascist. Fascism has a specific definition and it’s a whole other degree of bad.

    • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Fair enough. It is being used more colloquially in this case, you’re right. I retract the accusation of fascism and substitute “an unjust authoritarian crackdown on the right to freedom of speech and expression, undermining the very tenets of democratic society. A national embarrassment.”

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      6 months ago

      would you be able to link to a page that helps describe fascism as you say: that relies on severity of consequence?

      asking because whilst i agree that fascism is specific - and this doesn’t cover it - im not sure that degree of severity is part of the definition and that could be a dangerous precedent to set because the other parts of fascism about control and quashing dissent enable the severe consequences once they are present

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          6 months ago

          really appreciate you taking the effort! i see where you’re coming from with the “enemies of the state” part, and think that id agree there