• iltoroargento
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    109 months ago

    The term sounds dumb off the tongue and, you guessed it, has no actual philosophical or historical weight aside from a callback to the name for Roman emperors.

    Sadly, those who are interested in regression don’t access a lot of critical thinking skills, so they’ll glom onto this surface level reference and see it as deep and meaningful.

    • @tintory@lemm.eeOP
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      69 months ago

      THANK YOU!

      YOU KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS WHEN PEOPLE KEEP TOSSING THAT PHRASE AROUND

    • @agent_flounder
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      49 months ago

      Seeking a return to an idealized mythological past…? That’s so classic fascist.