Why “technofascism” is a great word
TECHNOFASCISM — [Noun] A political system that merges fascist authoritarianism with advanced technology to control society and enforce its ideological goals. From the combining form techno- (from Greek tekhnē, meaning "art, skill, craft") + fascism (from Italian fascismo, from fascio, meaning "bundle, group," a political symbol). Unlike technocracy, which elevates expert management, or simple authoritarianism, which demands obedience, technofascism is the specific, predatory wedding of totalitarian myth to digital tools. It is the algorithmically-curated purge, the biometric surveillance network listening for ideological deviation, and the synthetic, mass-produced nostalgia for a resurrected empire—the old brutalism recoded in silicon, proving the future's greatest peril is a past evil with better tools.