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i.e., fascism is a necessary precondition of anti-fascism

• mistermann 3y ago
  It is not necessary for beliefs or stories about it though!
  • lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
    I believe the observation is that a counterculture is preceded by a culture to be countered. OP is drawing observations that this is a counterculture which is rising in popularity. As such, they claim that one or more current prevalent cultures must be those of which Orwell has written in opposition. At least, that’s my interpretation.
    • mistermann 3y ago
      Right, but that is only true to the degree that it is true. History is filled with humans fighting/worshipping imaginary things. At the level of realtime reality (especially, but not exclusively), the epistemic status of a proposition is often 100% irrelevant. Neuroscience, consciousness, culture, etc seems simple but they are actually the opposite, that is a key part of why the illusion is so convincing.