Comment on War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall

rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• chillinit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lebensraum: German literal translation “living room” expressed in english as “room to live”.

  Lebensraum is a German concept of expansionism and Völkisch nationalism, the philosophy and policies of which were common to German politics from the 1890s to the 1940s.

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I prefer the definition that specifically includes that it’s a Nazi idea for Nazis

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    • chillinit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That would seem to detract from your intended merit. You leverage historical metaphor of Nazi’s but don’t want to include the history of ideological development that allowed it. But, that ideological history is what best describes what’s happening in countries today such as the United States, Germany, and Australia, as well as what’s taken place in Israel.

      Rather than redefine an existing word maybe it’s better to use another. “Genocidal colonizers” seems a reasonable alternative.

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      • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I made an assumption that people would know what lebensraum was and the context that it was an essential part to the fascist Nazi party. I also assumed people would understand why both it and Israel’s actions are wrong and evil.

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