A tactic of certain fascist groups is to simply claim their opponents simply call anyone they don't like fascist and attack them. How can we objectively decide who's right?

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dismalaf 20 hours ago | parent [-]

Have objective laws and prosecute people who break them.

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vrganj 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Who gets to decide what's objective?

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inigyou 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How will that tell us who the fascists are?

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imsofuture 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We should have LLMs decide.

	▲	inigyou 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		How will that be objective?

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dismalaf 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you even have a definition of fascist?

Is it:

1) Right wingers

2) People who hate Jews and glorify Hitler

3) Governments who make laws requiring corporations to cooperate with the state

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inigyou 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why do you present three equally ridiculous options?

	▲	dismalaf 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		These are all definitions people have used. So what's your definition?

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vrganj 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's none of these. Umberto Eco's ur-fascism is a good starting point for a more serious definition: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/