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To understand the right's appeal, you need to understand fascism, a specific political ideology, not just a term for something bad. Fascism, at its core, is a palingenetic form of populist ultranationalism. This means it's a popular movement where the nation is all that matters, and it offers a myth of national rebirth.
The right provides this unifying myth, a story of past greatness, decline, and a glorious future, like "Make America Great Again." The left, in contrast, defends the status quo and focuses on differences, hindering coalition building through language policing. We need a unifying narrative, a vision of the future that offers hope, our own palingenetic myth. Stop misusing the term fascism.