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[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The word "fascism" comes from Mussolini's ideas and was later used to denote any political system with similar ideas. I think the use of the word "nazism" has been generalized in the same way.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Nazi = National Socialist even though they weren’t socialists. Go figure.