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Serious question, if you see this, do you disagree that fascism is on the rise globally, if not, how do you designate the rising trend of often religious right wing ideology based on racism, sexism and any anti-minority bigotry you can think of?
You sound like a 14 year old pseudo intellectual who thinks throwing around labels (incorrectly) in a message to a nobody on a social app somehow helps...anything. Serious answer? The press is feeding you red meat for clicks, twisting words to make the mundane sound sinister so you'll read and click and click and read for that sweet sweet ad revenue.
Edit to add - Prime example being this article. Take a look at the headline, then at what he actually said.
What was said: "Serious question, if you see this, do you disagree that fascism is on the rise globally, if not, how do you designate the rising trend of often religious right wing ideology based on racism, sexism and any anti-minority bigotry you can think of?"
Is actually a pretty good screening of unknown persons on social media, as it puts things into context from the damage done to online then offline society by Cambridge Analytica.
“In psychological warfare, the weak points are flaws in how people think. If you’re trying to hack a person’s mind, you need to identify cognitive biases and then exploit them.”
― Christopher Wylie, Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America