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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If I've got my Nietzsche right, then wouldn't the idea of Ubermensch as something you can become rather than something you are not really line up with fascism anyway? Seems like they just took a word that sounded cool if anything.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but the thing about fascists is, they’re dumb, so they didn’t think about it any further.