I have a pretty weird analogy but I’m going to make it anyway. It’s a bit like the difference between sexually suggestive art and pornography. Every article of clothing a person takes off, the more sexual the image becomes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that nudity is inherently pornographic (think Michaelangelo’s David). How the nudity is presented and the context of the situation can make something pornography.
In the same way, restrictive laws can be steps towards fascism, but they have to be taken in the greater context and require malicious intent. Gaza is undoubtedly imperialism. But is it imperialism to expand the territory of the nation, like Hitler taking Poland? I would say not with Biden at least. Trump has joked about building beach houses on the Red Sea.
I have a pretty weird analogy but I’m going to make it anyway. It’s a bit like the difference between sexually suggestive art and pornography. Every article of clothing a person takes off, the more sexual the image becomes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that nudity is inherently pornographic (think Michaelangelo’s David). How the nudity is presented and the context of the situation can make something pornography.
In the same way, restrictive laws can be steps towards fascism, but they have to be taken in the greater context and require malicious intent. Gaza is undoubtedly imperialism. But is it imperialism to expand the territory of the nation, like Hitler taking Poland? I would say not with Biden at least. Trump has joked about building beach houses on the Red Sea.