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Originally Posted by Luckbox Inc
Through semantic drift, [fascism] has now come to mean any sort of control freak in a position of power, or policies generated from the state (or even corporations) that inhibit individual liberty.
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Originally Posted by Original Position
Private property rights inevitably restrict other people's liberty.
Thus, according to your definition, a corporation's usage of their private property rights are necessarily fascist.
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Originally Posted by Luckbox Inc
That is just your characterization of what I'm saying. That is not my definition of it or why I consider vaccine passports fascistic, whether they come from gov't or private sector.
You are taking the private sector part and equating that to mean "private property", but I don't draw any sort of hard and fast line between government and the private sector. It's a false dichotomy in my view. Government provides cover for corporations and corporations provide cover for government. Sometimes they may seem to come into conflict, but generally work together to advance the interests of Power.
It is your definition, if you don't like the implications of it, then use a different definition. If you disagree with my claim that private property rights restrict other people's liberty, give me an argument why that is false.
As for the relevance, a basic part of private property rights is the right to bar entry to your property. Corporations have private property rights in their stores, and thus have the right to bar entry to some people, eg people not wearing shoes or a shirt. They also have the right to bar entry to people on health grounds. Many businesses currently bar entry on the basis of whether you are wearing a mask. Barring on the basis of vaccination is conceptually the same.