Labels don't matter. But what they represent does.
Dismissing the very real and tangible differences between these systems, and pretending they are all the same, just because they have a single prominent trait - hierarchy - in common with each other, barely even qualifies for half-baked sophistry.
All humans organize themselves into hierarchies. All hierarchies have leaders and followers. That is the nature of humanity, and order itself.
But where those leaders head towards, the means they use, the goals they have, the ideals they pursue... that makes all the difference for those that follow them. You'd have to be a blind fool, not to see the stark differences between Communism and Fascism, and all the others, in this regard.
Labels don't matter. But what they represent does.
Dismissing the very real and tangible differences between these systems, and pretending they are all the same, just because they have a single prominent trait - **hierarchy** - in common with each other, barely even qualifies for half-baked sophistry.
All humans organize themselves into hierarchies. All hierarchies have leaders and followers. That is the nature of humanity, and order itself.
But where those leaders head towards, the means they use, the goals they have, the ideals they pursue... that makes all the difference for those that follow them. You'd have to be a blind fool, not to see the stark differences between Communism and Fascism, and all the others, in this regard.
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