• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    1 year 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.

    • Pup Biru@aussie.zone
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      1 year 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