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Randomly throwing the "fascism" word around completely undermines any credibility you might have left. Also, I'll probably take World Bank's data more seriousl

by oefrha 7y ago

Randomly throwing the "fascism" word around completely undermines any credibility you might have left. Also, I'll probably take World Bank's data more seriously than an unsubstantiated claim by some random guy on the Internet. Oh, and it wasn't me who brought up India as the counterexample.

imustbeevil 7y ago
> Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy > Fascists believe that liberal democracy is obsolete and regard the complete mobilization of society under a totalitarian one-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and to respond effectively to economic difficulties. Such a state is led by a strong leader—such as a dictator and a martial government composed of the members of the governing fascist party—to forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society. Using a word exactly correctly is not "random". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
- dang 7y ago
  Please don't use HN for ideological battle. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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dang 7y ago
Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That just makes the thread even worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html