Certainly a post from 10 years ago. A personal definition:
"any action where the intention deliberately favours the actors perceptions over the nature of the subject"
In other words whenever the nature of something is deliberately overlooked in favour of the actors wishes it is fascism. This makes a very great deal of human activity equate to fascism. Obviously it was most extremely expressed by the Nazis in their treatment of Jews. The problem is that even an idiot can see that a Jew does not want to die or be treated horribly. What is extraordinary is that the Nazis were able to hold on to a world view that was so blatently alien to the nature of Jews as living feeling human subjects. But we do the same thing with animals. It is almost as extraordinary to me that we are able to block out the nature of living things and simply execute our desire to eat them regardless. Isn't this the same as a murder or rapist who just blocks out the wishes of their victim in favour of their desires? This is all extreme fascism.
More subtly if we take an apple and we throw it in the bin because we don't like its flavour this is fascism. Why? because looked at soberly this was grown and bought with the intention of being eaten. It is good food. It is also the fruit of a tree which quite apart from any use is an extraordinary thing. Imagine never having seen a fruit before. Or imagine that it had just been discovered on a distant land or planet. Looking at a fruit with respect for what it is, it is quite a sobering entity. Indeed then we may discard it in the bin if we agree that this is a fitting future for such an entity. Though I can't see how, isn't it better to just eat it, or give to someone else, or at least know not to buy one in future, or even leave for a bird to eat. It is the consideration given to the entity from its side that stops the action being fascist.
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