Arcane Sandwich

Suffice to say that I sincerely hope I'm wrong. I hope Trump's administration benefits the people of the USA. I'm just skeptical about it, and I think...

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All I can say is that 20th century philosophy has been overly preoccupied with our access to objects, in the form of language and thought, instead of ...

But those devices that you mention actually weaken the fascist state instead of strengthening it. At least that's how I see it. Hugo Chávez and Nicolá...

Here's an example of a permissivist argument against metaphysical conservatism:

Permissivists are realists. Conservatives and eliminativists are also realists. This tripartite discussion is a debate within the realist camp. It has...

Here's a really good defense of permissivism by Fairchild and Hawthorne, titled Against Conservatism in Metaphysics.

I think that permissivism is far weirder. And it gets even more insane once you realize that their ontology doesn't stop at strange mereological fusio...

But they're not just names. These are actual, mind-independent objects, according to permissivists. Fouts exist just as much as your kitchen table doe...

As you already know (but perhaps other forum members don't), metaphysical permissivists do indeed disagree with that. They claim that fouts exist, jus...

My point is that once they achieve absolute power, the use of democratic means necessarily weakens the fascist nature of the state. Conversely, it pre...

Those are not the original posters though, they're derivatives.

Yup, I understood your point.

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Sure, there's a mismatch between what Stalin said and what he actually did. Same as Mussolini: there's a mismatch between what he said and what he act...

Let's consider the case of democratic means, to focus on just one example. What would remain of the fascist state if the means of representative democ...

Lay down your souls to the gods' rock 'n roll. https://youtu.be/rYg5c_LrsRk?si=D0vbWklvBcarIyzt

Would it be fair to say that Norway and Sweden (and to a lesser extent, Finland) carried out fascist policies against the Sámi people? Maybe there's f...

Rocco and Stalin? Rocco is wrong to suppose that fascism can be pragmatic (i.e., "using in its political praxis now liberal ways, now democratic means...

Of course he is. Just as Stalin, the guy who helped develop socialism, is wrong about socialism.

Sounds like Rocco is wrong. You might as well quote Julius Evola, if those are your academic standards.

Nah.

It was one of his most important speeches. How else would someone like my grandmother know about it? She wasn't the most knowledgeable or educated per...

Did you at least know about the posters?

Mussolini famously used it in his 1938 speech at Belluno. He was a fascist, who used that phrase in a fascist sense. Your unawareness of this, which i...

Obviously, it's a phrase that has been used by other politicians, besides Mussolini. Here's an analysis from Investopedia, here's an article by Though...

It's a famous quote, it's the "fascist dilemma". It's so famous that even my grandmother knew it. Here's an article about it in Spanish, from ESIC Uni...

Which is why I linked to an English newspaper from 1938 for that quote. That doesn't count either?

The following doesn't count? It's from a speech that Mussolini gave in Belluno. Here's a reference in English.

And by others as well.

I think it's fair to say that Mussolini knew what fascism is. Mussolini has been quoted several times in this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE-3eqmfY8I

I've got an idea for a short article. I'll probably participate.

Have you heard this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD6lBqPbE9U Napalm Death is fucking awesome BTW.

Sure. All I'm saying is that if Lenin and Stalin can be called fascists, then, by parity of reasoning, Mussolini and Hitler can be called communists. ...

You don't seem to understand how the burden of proof works. I offered to quote it, but you showed no interest in it. So, I didn't quote it. If it's so...

Hey Nastegallu, here's something interesting to consider for the discussion about fascism:

It is. There is no exception to the contrary. I disagree, you didn't refute it. I offered to do so, with the example of the iron sphere. You weren't i...

So Lenin is a fascist now? Is that it? Why would it be a fascist state and not a socialist one? Unless, of course, you're saying that socialism is the...

And I would say that what you just said there is a fallacy. Which means what, exactly? I already gave an argument. It's Bunge's argument for the ficti...

So there's no such thing as left-wing populism, in your view? It's always right-wing populism? Or are you saying that both left-wing and right-wing po...

No, you haven't. This is what arguments look like in philosophy. You haven't done that. I disagree, I think I'm reading it right. And I hope that you ...

I disagree. What I said is a defense of mathematical fictionalism as developed by Mario Bunge, specifically. You're confusing two different notions: v...

I would have appreciated a more formal presentation of your argument, i.e., a list of numbered premises that deductively entail a conclusion. I'll jus...

It's disagreement on Bunge's part, not ignorance. False, unless you can provide an argument that supports that statement as the conclusion of said arg...

Could be.

In any case, it doesn't seem (to my mind, at least) that metal can be reduced to a sort of pseudo-Shakespearean dilemma, as if "to be a sellout, or no...

I have fond memories of taking a ferry when I lived in Seattle in the early 90's. The destination was a nearby island. I can't remember which one it w...