Yeah I work with the public a lot in the environmental field - and understanding the origin of a lot of things people parrot is a skill to stay sharp on - especially trying to deprogram people from “crabs in a pot” mentality
If you like this kind of thinking, Roderic Day also wrote (and Nia Frome also edited) Really Existing Fascism which is excellent too but focused on the way the conception of liberalism, communism, and fascism as three distinct ideologies (though usually with some symmetry between communism and fascism in the eyes of liberals because of their shared ‘totalitarianism’) came to be, how that model should be improved to be more accurate to 20th century history, and a pretty cool philosophical discussion that’s a bit of a summary or spin on Losurdo’s Nietzsche book.
@Cowbee@hexbear.net , @FunkyStuff@hexbear.net ty - good essays from both - I love learning about these rhetorical tricks - especially around bad faith arguments
I see it all the time on my Lemmy.ml account, it’s useful to know when engaging with reactionaries.
Yeah I work with the public a lot in the environmental field - and understanding the origin of a lot of things people parrot is a skill to stay sharp on - especially trying to deprogram people from “crabs in a pot” mentality
Yep, absolutely!
If you like this kind of thinking, Roderic Day also wrote (and Nia Frome also edited) Really Existing Fascism which is excellent too but focused on the way the conception of liberalism, communism, and fascism as three distinct ideologies (though usually with some symmetry between communism and fascism in the eyes of liberals because of their shared ‘totalitarianism’) came to be, how that model should be improved to be more accurate to 20th century history, and a pretty cool philosophical discussion that’s a bit of a summary or spin on Losurdo’s Nietzsche book.
Nice I’ll check that out - I haven’t read much meta analysis of ideologies - that’ll be a good read. Thanks!