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I don’t like these giant cars either. But if we use “fascist“ for everything that is harmful the word end up losing its meaning and power because fascism and giant cars are not in the same ball park of harm.
what a Fascist would say!
okay but they are literally built by literally fascist companies and sold under fascist loans to asshole americans who fund fascist wars around the world
i'm not misusing the word
To be fair, the percentage of fascists among giant truck owners is probably far greater than it is for the rest of car owners.
They're a "me, me, me", "don't give a shit about endangering the lives of anybody else", anti-social choice of vehicle.
Those are core character traits of people who are Fascists, though, granted not all people with those character traits are Fascists.
Personally I do believe that the spread if that mindset and the increasing immunity from consequences for being like that towards others is one of the things backing the rise of Fascism.
That said, I do agree with you that "Everything that's bad is Fascism" just devalues the word and reduces its impact.