Mother Russia and her fascist child

Russia is on the way to becoming “russcist”

Growing up, people around me used the word “fascist” quite liberally — to label people, movements, nations. From “who are you, fascist?” to “wow, you’re such a fascist”, the F word found its way into our everyday vocabulary and stayed there as some sort of generalized insult that had little to do with the actuality of being a…