One word: Defense.
They are professional propagandists, not brilliant politicians. That we are forgetting this is another reason for that fear I mentioned. Anyone can use repetition to get a message out, but it's a training tool, not a reasoning tool - it works equally on pigs, dogs, and humans. When it gets into the wrong hands as a political tool, and it always does - we have fascism. But, like socialism, I guess it just hasn't been tried by the righ people yet, right?
Defense is for losers.
Absolutely -- tactics are value-neutral.
When it gets into the wrong hands as a political tool, and it always does - we have fascism.
That strikes me as a bit over the top. It's only true if the fascists, and nobody else, are using the best tactics.
But, like socialism, I guess it just hasn't been tried by the righ people yet, right?
Whatever. Mind if we get back to the FRIVA discussion now?
Repetition is ALREADY in the wrong hands. That's one very important reason that I have made the financial and intellectual investment in this forum that I have.
Your "logic" contains a fatal myth of equivalence; using the tools of your enemies (especially when they are as effective as they are) does not turn one into one's enemy. Your example would seem to suggest that there is no difference between the Allies and the Axis powers during World War II because both used firearms.
A tool is not an ideology any more than a hammer is inherently evil because it can be used to crush a child's skull. Tools are simply tools; no more, no less. And, since our enemies are using repetition as a tool to bash us, I say its high time we pick up our own hammers and start swinging back.
If you truly feel that we are all fascists, I would suggest that you might be more comfortable posting in a different forum.