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Originally Posted by Alan
The word fascism is thrown around too much for no reason, and even if you think you're not just throwing it around (which I do think you are) this will be a pretty easy criticism to make of you guys, just another standard American anarchist collective, instead of a genuine leftist experiment - more CrimethInc. than SI; more John Zerzan than Safdar Hashmi.
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Hmmm...you may have a point there. We were really using it in the extreme authoritarian connotation, but you're right the actual definition doesn't apply.
The reason that made it there, is that I've had numerous conversations that "fascism" in a sense, is not only alive and tolerated in the arts, but in fact encouraged by many organizations. Despotism may be a better word.
It works colloquially but it does make us seem less legitimate.
I'll talk to Kontan, and when it comes time to vote on it and officially ratify the manifesto it probably won't be in there.