Wouldn't have guessed it.

There is a big difference, though, between authoritarian and authoritative.

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@RJ Welcome!

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Hi @RJ

Maybe it will be there tomorrow.

"democrats are the real fascists" "no you" 'NO, YOU" ad infinitum

Doubtful. It needs to have academic purpose, and diluting words into synonyms has no academic purpose.

I do not define fascism as authoritarian. I define it as a theology of revolution which uses the pretense of private ownership as a gilded cage for state regulation for a Marxist agenda. While it is authoritarian, that is not its principle crime. Its principle crime is that it is a secular theocracy which is opposed to nature and nature's G-d.

Fish

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism
a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

Oh Ken, don't you go changing.

You or me? If me, no. I find AR disgusting.

I'm watching tonight's show now.
Anyone have a link to the CBSN interview with Herridge talking about DNI Ratcliffe???

Again, I said academic.

I never will.

Merriam Webster is not academic.

We are a constitutional republic so as long as we keep the pressure on idiots like Newsom and Garcetti, we should be able to avoid the autocratic natures. However, the authoritarian is likely different than autocratic?

Dubious, It requires a scholastic want, and adulterating language into synonyms lacks learned objectives.

I have a very hard time making a case for the right putting 'the nation or race (or anything) above the individual'...

Yes they are not the same.

Please define it. I am not going for academic, I am just trying to get a definition so we can argue about fascism better

Mahmood

Slippery slope. Don't bite.

The abstract sense which I have for facism seems to be where the greater good (nation) is placed over the individual. Not always race like Italian or German, but perhaps a diverse population could do it if it is ideological. ... And then they stamp out freedom of speech. But it has some leader who decides everything.

Although fascist parties and movements differed significantly from one another, they had many characteristics in common, including extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy and the rule of elites, and the desire to create a Volksgemeinschaft (German: “people’s community”), in which individual interests would be subordinated to the good of the nation. At the end of World War II, the major European fascist parties were broken up, and in some countries (such as Italy and West Germany) they were officially banned."

@Maw Then again, it's your 3 hours to give with no return on it. Knock yourself out. Lmao

Merriam Webster has been a Leftist controlled POS for decades. They are wrong.

fas·cism (făsh′ĭz′əm)
n.
1. often Fascism
a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.

And this definition is slightly inaccurate. Fascism is not typical of "belligerent nationalism and racism" but rather typical of identitarian ideologies which are used to divide and conquer the proletariat for Marxist/Socialist agendas - as is done by the Democratic Party.

True nuff, waiting for my dinner to finish cooking.

Which it is.

Back to Merriam-Webster's

The constitutional right does not place nation above individual. Because "we the people" are a collective of individuals. Which is why governance is to be done as close to each individual as possible, while not interferring too much with everyone else. ... Murder is illegal because it is interferrence, whereas deciding how to pay taxes affects everyone but can be justified for the national defense.

Correct, identitarian for expediency to effect socialism. So, to promote Black Lives over against and segregated from all others is a necessity for a Leftist.

Absolute monarchy Hunter Biden as king.

Pretty much

I will never recognize the corrupt dictionaries of the Left. They are treacherous crap intended to promote circular reasoning and destroy the foundations of truth.

What do you recognize pray tell?

Agreed. However, we need to have a starting point because if we cannot agree on a sense, we keep bickering over the term without getting anywhere. At least by having a definition, even if it is bad, we can work with it to have a better sense.

Racism is not facism. Hitler took power to relieve the oppression of the Germans, while the racists funded his efforts and used the open field to enact their ideas.

I would say that Biden is Hitler, Kamala is the racist.

Decrying the entire dictionary is kind of impossible. Though, condemning things like Dictionary.com changing definitions ON THE FLY to support leftists as demonstrably evil is totally legit