I don't have the sword of death. Hand it to me and then test my resolve.

It is better to know how to use the sword but keep it sheathed

Hence why it was in quotations, and if you didn't say that, then it's not aimed at you.

I am not a libertarian.

> I don't have the sword of death. Hand it to me and then test my resolve.
@Whithers Nah, I'm good. Will continue to be, as well. Good luck with that, though.

Ayn Rand?

Yes. Alyssa Rosenbaum.

I'll make you a sword of death if you pay me for it

So if you define fascism as authoritarian, are you insinuating you must enact fascism to fight fascism?

I think fascism is authoritarian?

Fan...

It's not in the academic term.

Wouldn't have guessed it.

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

hello, I'm new here 👋

you joined at a great time

@RJ Welcome!

watch the show

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