• Piers@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean… That seems like an argument for equipping people with better literacy skills given that any competent reading of 1984 would turn you away from fascism.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t know man, with how misused the term is these days, not trusting the government is fascism. And a proper reading of it certainly gives you a distrust of the machine.

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        1 year ago

        not trusting the government is fascism.

        That absolutely is not fascism. Stop listening to bullshit that’s designed to piss you off and drive a wedge between you and others.

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        1 year ago

        how misused the term is these days

        The term isn’t becoming more misued; more people are accurately fitting the definition.