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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    16 days ago

    i think in this specific instance its serving the same purpose of demonizing our ideas by using a popular hated strawman. which was jews at that time, but is russia now.

    in general this is one the final purposes of these -isms and -phobias they keep pushing constantly.

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        15 days ago

        yeah, fascism and racism have a close relationship, for example.

        fascism can’t sustain itself without an ‘other’ out-group they can focus people’s anger at.

        preferrably a minority that has a harder time defending itself and putting the ruse into question, but it can technically even be an entire other nationality.