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I'm not sure about fascism, but there's a lot of historical context to the quote. Bret Devereaux has a series of posts where he delves into the history of the

I'm not sure about fascism, but there's a lot of historical context to the quote. Bret Devereaux has a series of posts where he delves into the history of the idea behind the meme - https://acoup.blog/2020/01/17/collections-the-fremen-mirage-part-i-war-at-the-dawn-of-civilization/ https://acoup.blog/2020/01/17/collections-the-fremen-mirage-... It's a thoroughly interesting debunking, and in part IIIb, he talks about how the trope was used to promote racial purity and superiority.

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Thank you for posting that! I've not read it yet. It seems like an interesting read (I love esoteric trivia like this!). I started it but realised it's much longer than I am prepared for this late at night. So, I'll try to read it over the coming days. I don't know if it improves later, but they seem to only consider physical prowess as a form of strength. I generally interpreted this as strength of mind. Also, I've taken the phrase less literally than they did. Man to me implied "human" (ie the same as man kind) because these quotes are usually designed to be succinct and memorable. They seem to think it's exclusive to human males. But I've not read it in full yet, so we'll see when I finish it