Was he right?

[Anonymous No.19305027]

>George Orwell wrote in 1944 that "the word 'Fascism' is almost entirely meaningless. ... almost any English person would accept 'bully' as a synonym for 'Fascist,'" and in 1946 that "...'Fascism' has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies something not desirable."

[Anonymous No.19305060]

Yes obviously

[Anonymous No.19305331]

>>19305027
Yeah that's about right for people who don't know anything about the movement and use the word indiscriminately. It obviously has a positive meaning for National Socialists

[Anonymous No.19305344]

>>19305027
Fascism derives from "bundle of sticks" so etymologically speaking it's not wrong to draw an equivalence between fascist and bully

>>19305331
I'm not sure that national socialists consider themselves fascist

[Anonymous No.19305355]

>>19305344
I thought they did. Not sure now. But modern NatSocs definitely do however.

[Anonymous No.19305365]

>>19305355
I've seen plenty of modern natsocs insist that fascism is not national socialism, and not just in a "it's a different colour" way. National socialism, for one, is way more racial than Mussolini's fascism

[Anonymous No.19305371]

Today is usually used to descrive someone who supposedly is trying to get power through racism
All context about Nazis has been taken away and they are now only known for being anti semitic. Italian fascism is mostly ignored

[Anonymous No.19305380]

Yes, same goes for the word Nazi and incel and every other in-vogue insult.

[Anonymous No.19305402]

I feel that way about most ideological identifiers. It's best in a conversation to start by asking the other person to clarify their definition, and then work within their framework. I don't mind talking to someone whose usage of "fascist" seems obviously wrong to me as long as I know what they do mean by it.