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minus-squareApollolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down6·1 year agoFascist =/= authoritarian. People use the words interchangeably but they mean specific things. North Korea for example is authoritarian but not facist.
minus-squareWaxedWookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·1 year agoTankies tend to point to the USSR, China, and DPRK - I’d argue all of them fit Umberto Eco’s widely used definition of fascism pretty well. In this context, it’s a distinction without a difference. What difference does this even make?
Fascist =/= authoritarian.
People use the words interchangeably but they mean specific things. North Korea for example is authoritarian but not facist.
Tankies tend to point to the USSR, China, and DPRK - I’d argue all of them fit Umberto Eco’s widely used definition of fascism pretty well.
In this context, it’s a distinction without a difference. What difference does this even make?