I think we really should inspect the usefulness of the term fascism, because it seems to be too vague. We should evaluate whether the word should be weeded out for a better word.
Personally, I like to make new words from description that I agree with. These words are called shoots. By doing this, we can pinpoint more accurately what we are talking about, but it also makes it easier to criticize the shoot. The potential good to come out of this is that it becomes easier to see the nuances and how we should relate to them.
In Ryan Chapmans video “Fascism, An In-Depth Analysis”*1 he comes to the conclusion that fascism is “the ideology of blood and soil” or “to think with the blood of the nation”.
We call these; Definitions of blood and soil.
I like the definitions of blood and soil in the sense that they are very clear about how we analyze whether something is fascist or not, but I fear that since it is framed from a fascist lense, we are upholding these fascist ideas through the force of responding*2.
We should ask ourselves if we can find a better definition.
so how do we go forward?
The definitions of blood and soil are accurate, so we can use them as grounding, but we need to understand the symbolism and meaning of the individual unwell words nation, soil and blood.
I think we really should inspect the usefulness of the term fascism, because it seems to be too vague. We should evaluate whether the word should be weeded out for a better word.
Personally, I like to make new words from description that I agree with. These words are called shoots. By doing this, we can pinpoint more accurately what we are talking about, but it also makes it easier to criticize the shoot. The potential good to come out of this is that it becomes easier to see the nuances and how we should relate to them.
In Ryan Chapmans video “Fascism, An In-Depth Analysis”*1 he comes to the conclusion that fascism is “the ideology of blood and soil” or “to think with the blood of the nation”.
We call these; Definitions of blood and soil.
I like the definitions of blood and soil in the sense that they are very clear about how we analyze whether something is fascist or not, but I fear that since it is framed from a fascist lense, we are upholding these fascist ideas through the force of responding*2.
We should ask ourselves if we can find a better definition.
so how do we go forward?
The definitions of blood and soil are accurate, so we can use them as grounding, but we need to understand the symbolism and meaning of the individual unwell words nation, soil and blood.
That’s how I would approach it at least.