Dafni Tsimpre Athens, Greece Fasces motif, Sheldonian Theatre. Attribution: David Iliff, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Once you start noticing it, it’s everywhere. Pay attention to political debates, everyday conversations, and even online comment sections. The F-word is there: “That’s fascist! He’s a Fascist! It’s clearly fascism.” A word, an intricate concept, that was once specific to a detrimental political ideology, is now scattered like confetti to describe any group,

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Eleni Zampelis, Athens, Greece The National Assembly in Paris Charles de Gaulle's saying: "How can you govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?" was never actually about cheese. It was about the French paradox: a state whose cultural wealth is matched only by a reluctance to be governed. In 2025, this saying has tragically gone stale.  The French form a republic of cheese in the most lite

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