• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’ll be quoting from the Merriam Webster dictionary.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism#did-you-know

    fascist is based on the Italian word, “fascio”, which means ,“to bundle”.

    ever bundled one thing?

    second, it was made popular in the modern lexicon by Mussolini. it was used to describe a political movement.

    The words fascism and fascist have long been associated with the Fascisti of Benito Mussolini and the fasces, the bundle of rods with an ax among them, which the Fascisti used as a symbol of the Italian people united and obedient to the single authority of the state.

    however, its origin goes back even further.

    From at least 1872 fascio was used in the names of labor and agrarian unions, and in October 1914 a political coalition was formed called the Fascio rivoluzionario d’ azione internazionalista (“revolutionary group for international action”), which advocated Italian participation in World War I on the side of the Allies. Members of this group were first called fascisti in January 1915.

    that last sentence is important. members of that group could be called “fascist” because they were acting under the political coalition.

    so tell me, what political coalition is OP acting under?

    actually now that I’m thinking about it, it’s conceivable that someone acting under Trumps MAGA could be identified as fascist because of the “MAGA” coalition of people. it’s a political coalition, united people obedient to the “state”, hmmmm.

    what’s the name of Harris’ equivalent to MAGA? I can’t remember, can you help me out here?

    • KeenFlame@feddit.nu
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      2 months ago

      Exactly so absolutely in no way are those people all not fascists, which is what you said and people react to