The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

The World War II-era “Simple Sabotage Field Manual” is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

  • BETYU@moist.catsweat.com
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    24 days ago

    they do if you delude the meaning of what a Fascists is. in that way we can all be Fascists because it does not mean anything anymore. and who do you think that helps. that’s what happens when you play with the meaning of words they become meaningless.

    • WatDabney@fedia.io
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      24 days ago

      Right, but in the case of the current US and the current administration, the term is accurate.

      Fascism is a far-right (check) political ideology characterized by authoritarianism (check), extreme nationalism (check), and the suppression of opposition (check), often led by a dictatorial leader (check). It emphasizes the subordination of individual interests to the perceived good of the nation or race (check) and typically involves a centralized autocratic government (check).

      • BETYU@moist.catsweat.com
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        24 days ago

        you just say that because your not politically aligned with the current administration. you would support all of this if it was your side doing it and you would be a lot more rigid and forgiving in your definition of Fascists for them. for your political opponents a very broad definition of fascism. for the side you Aline with a very narrow rigid definition of fascism to be lot more forgiving. calling people fascists is just a political game that most people eye roll at now. it has lost all its effect its politically meaningless the only thing it does now is show your a lefty or a communist. and people eye roll at that to.

        • WatDabney@fedia.io
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          24 days ago

          It’s really sort of astonishing that every single thing you said here is wrong. And mostly misspelled to boot.

      • BETYU@moist.catsweat.com
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        24 days ago

        if you mean in current day people i disagree with .that is what it means now. the real meaning is fucked now because lefty commie fucks have been trowing that word around like candy. its the definition of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

        • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          24 days ago

          That is not what I asked. You’re saying it’s being used incorrectly, which means you have a definition in mind which isn’t being met. What is that definition?

            • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              24 days ago

              The Encyclopaedia Britannica definition?

              “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.”

              Or maybe the Webster’s Dictionary definition?

              "a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition”

              Because by those definitions “fascism” is not being used incorrectly.

              If you have an alternate definition which supports your claim, you’ll need to provide it yourself.

              • BETYU@moist.catsweat.com
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                24 days ago

                ah yes just re-post the Dictionary and your all done. that’s the definition and now you have to apply it and make it seem its just that simple its not about the definition its how you use the definition and if you can really call someone a fascist because you disagree with them. its used as insult not because anybody believes in fascism. its used as a synonym for bad thing when it has a specific definition. just like the dude who said he spotted the Nazi just because he did not like my reply. it has nothing to do with what Nazi actually means the same with fascism. so just re-posting the Dictionary is meaningless it has nothing to do with that. its just labeling someone because you disagree with what they say and then just call them something bad for effect and that effect means nothing anymore because its overused and over done.

                • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                  24 days ago

                  You said people were using the word wrong. I asked you what the word means. You said it means the definition, so I provided the definition. You still have not provided a meaning that demonstrates that the word is being used incorrectly.

                  We’re not calling people fascists because we don’t like them, we don’t like them because they fit the definition of a fascist. You have cause and effect reversed.

                  Again, if you would like to provide a definition for “fascism” that supports your claim, feel free to do so. Until then, the rest of us will continue to refer to the dictionary definition, and call the people who meet that definition “fascists”.

                  • BETYU@moist.catsweat.com
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                    24 days ago

                    yes you are. you only have to look at my first reply. Spotted the Nazi does that ring a bell the first reply i got. that is what i mean when i said it has nothing to do with the definition its just used as insult to label someone something bad because you don’t like what they said. so no it has nothing to do with the dictionary definition. and it has no meaning anymore because this exact thing has been over done its a joke now. making it about the dictionary definition is very disingenuous because that’s not how it is mostly used.