dramaticcat@sh.itjust.works to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoLemmygrad tankies react very sanely to Lemmy.world's defederationsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1272arrow-down1imageLemmygrad tankies react very sanely to Lemmy.world's defederationsh.itjust.worksdramaticcat@sh.itjust.works to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square158fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareslowd0wn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up71arrow-down1·1 year agoHe knows the origin of the word “totalitarian” without looking it up. Because memorization is obviously the cornerstone of critical thinking
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoI love that pointing out that a fascist invented it is somehow a gotcha
minus-squareMolochAlter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoTbh 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.
minus-squareRedditWanderer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-21 year agoI learned where it came from in high school. Is that checkmate?
minus-squareaffiliate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agounfortunately 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)
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoSo you looked it up - got you now evil imperialist
He knows the origin of the word “totalitarian” without looking it up. Because memorization is obviously the cornerstone of critical thinking
I love that pointing out that a fascist invented it is somehow a gotcha
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.
I learned where it came from in high school. Is that checkmate?
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)
So you looked it up - got you now evil imperialist