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lololol, tankies upset over how popular this community is
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"Cryptofash", "fashy" ๐ค
Feels like bastardizations of already bastardized words, and I wonder if they're using it to try to sound impactful while not saying much.
Ah yes, of course the people who would have been allies with the Nazis up until the moment Hitler ate their face, the people who looked at Project 2025 and said "still better than Kamala though", the people supporting extreme authoritarianism and proving horsehoe theory correct... those people want to throw the word "fascist" around ๐คฃ
I hate it because all they achieved is making the word mean nothing. I everyone is calling the other fascist, then it is that much harder to call out actual fascists.
I definitely get what you mean, but I still don't have trouble calling it how it is
I don't mean it's hard to actually say it - but the word gets diluted. And when yo do call out a fascist, it may not carry the weught it should because it is used by tankies or actual fascists as a word for someone who disagrees with them.
If you need more weight, bullets are heavier than words ๐
Yup.
"Beware the name changers."^1^
(...and the definition changers)
::: spoiler Beware the name changers. --Andy Crouch ^1^ Have heard that expression for decades... just now looked up who it's attributed to... Andy Crouch, says the websearch's LLM summary... and a quick glance at another LLM's summary of his political philosophy does intrigue... E.g. "Crouch redefines power not as domination or control, but as the ability to create and introduce new cultural goods. He argues that power, when exercised properly, should be generative and life-giving, rather than oppressive or self-serving." One to look into more.
they became so far left, they are on the alt-right.
Oh so they didn't ally with Hitler, huh? ๐ค Dummy. Consider following your own advice.
Welcome to the blocklist lol
EDIT: also like, rightfully so that they were denied. The allies can be proud that they told bullshitters responsible for the worst attrocities in all of human history to fuck off. Genuinely the correct decision.
Just FYI. That's a no life troll. The acct will be abandoned tomorrow. And they will still have no life.
No worries, I just instablock em. But yeah, it is more sad than anything when you think about the person behind the screen.
"ItS tHe AlLiEs FaUlT wE BuDdIeD uP wItH hItLeR" is pretty hilarious though
there are only two ideologies.
mine and fascists
One of the most important tasks in any propaganda framework is defining the words appropriately.
In particular, the word for "enemy" needs to be carefully chosen.
thats the same thing conservative used. they used things like shitlibs as tankies, or libtards as conservative exact same messaging.
Reminds of other conflationary contortions ; other contortions conflating different political philosophies.
I'm in favour of greater nuance and more dimensions, more clarity in mapping out political philosophies. Such refinement in the search for truth furthers having a fully informed public, necessary for (genuine) democracy (even "representative democracy" (in its best imagined ideal)), and seems only those opposed to democracy and freedom of each and all are in favour of such Orwellianisms. Authoritarians. Tsk tsk. Emperor's new cloak just aint there. Yay. Here's to more seeing it.
Remarkably, it's not that much harder to type Cryptofascist than it is to type Cryptofash. What is a Crypto-fascist, btw?