fascist?

Fascism- A term that originated with the political movement led by Benito Mussolini from 1922 to 1943 in Italy. More loosely defined, fascism has no characteristic benchmarks that clearly point to any specific government system.

In general, a fascist government would have strong total control over all aspects of life in a given country. Originally, Fascism was seen as an opposition movement to Communism, and yet it appears to be remarkably similar in outlook.

Today, “fascism” is almost always used incorrectly. In modern terms, it means,

“something that someone I disagree with is.”

Like calling someone a “Nazi,” calling someone a “fascist” is a lazy way out of having to actually articulate a position and defending it intellectually. Whenever I hear the term “fascism” or “fascist” used, I know the person either isn’t confident of the reasonability of their position or they have no idea what they are talking about and use “fascist” as a way to attempt to gain influence without having to think.