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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 118 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Watch out guys, he's read things.

[–] slowd0wn@kbin.social 70 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He knows the origin of the word “totalitarian” without looking it up. Because memorization is obviously the cornerstone of critical thinking

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love that pointing out that a fascist invented it is somehow a gotcha

[–] MolochAlter@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Tbh that's one of the few good things Mussolini actually can take credit for. That and converting a bunch of swamps into arable land.

Can't easily hate something without a proper name for it afterall.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I learned where it came from in high school. Is that checkmate?

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

unfortunately not since everything taught in high school is a lie. the only way to learn things is to read things after graduating (as long as they aren’t written by high school teachers or any other educated person)

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

So you looked it up - got you now evil imperialist

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