It's funny that we have all these lists and essays and books on how fascist ideology and policy is a confluence of many such elements, yet people still act as tough "is this person/party/state fascist?" is a simple yes or no question with no gray area.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 hours ago

There's a joke that if you ask 10 people to define fascism, you'll get 10 different answers.

It's an imprecise term whose definition changes with every author who makes a try of it. Even the more popular lists of traits like Eco's or Paxton's have a lot of issues and contradictions which ppl have pointed out.

Any posts that even mention fascism always devolve into ppl trying and failing to agree on its definition, the point of this deflective practice enabling ppl to uphold their own liberal democracies as being sacred and less genocidal.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 0 points 6 hours ago

Its arguable that its better to define them by the intent of the ideology rather than just their outcomes.