Melody_JR posted...
It's literally step 1. Ease them into the thinking you want, then force them when they're non compliant with your ultimate desires.
It's also step 1 of suggesting that religion can be helpful for people, then leaving it at that. There are many slippery slopes into fascism, but that doesn't mean that everything that can be one actually is one.
Melody_JR posted...
To think that the baby step of forcing people to be in a religious institution against their will isn't to work to the end goal of pure fascism...
But that's not what happened here. TC didn't say "everyone should be forced to be religious." Nobody said that. TC said "I think following a religion can be helpful for everyone," which is very distinct from forcing anyone into anything.
I'm all for shooting down fascism whenever the opportunity arises, but this ain't it, and there's really no reason to think it might be.