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Re:Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military dea... by mikkupikku on Thursday March 05, 2026 @06:57AM (#47260600)
Nothing deep going on there. Fascism in modern informal parlance is a synonym for authoritarianism. Those who object most loudly to Stalin being called a fascist are usually themselves actually fascists, or stalinists. Everybody else gets it.
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Re:Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military dea... by delaminator on Thursday March 05, 2026 @09:07AM (#47261697)
"We use different definitions now, fascism is things I don't like."
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Re:Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military dea... by mikkupikku on Thursday March 05, 2026 @12:34PM (#47264624)
Yes, it has become a general use pejorative. At least in this case it's being used to refer to murderous authoritarians.
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Re:Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military dea... by delaminator on Thursday March 05, 2026 @03:58PM (#47267191)
you have upped the ante
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Re:Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military dea... by mikkupikku on Friday March 06, 2026 @06:09AM (#47273503)
There are no stakes to this conversation.
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