If one were to argue that the issue or concept of Artsakh is based on the ‘logic of conflict’, it follows that any discussion of Artsakh or the promotion of this concept in public discourse is perceived as a factor contributing to the prolongation of the conflict, and that a citizen of Artsakh who wishes for and demands the restoration of their natural rights is viewed as an instigator of the conflict.

“This is how fascism, Nazism and communism came into being. From moderate authoritarianism to brutal totalitarianism, and all in the name of the people,” writes political scientist Vladimir Martirosyan on his Facebook page.

“No regime in history has ever begun with tanks, camps or a closed dictatorship.

They all began with a small, seemingly insignificant step, when the state started deciding what people were allowed to think and say, and which topics were taboo.

When the government begins to define the scope of permitted and forbidden ideas according to its own interests, it is precisely at that moment that the dangerous political phenomenon emerges which history later termed fascism. The Armenian Prime Minister’s statements in recent days do not reflect individual political positions, but a profound shift in the state’s thinking.”

The problem, therefore, does not lie in a single statement, resignation or isolated political incident. The problem is that this line of thinking, if not stopped in time, inevitably leads down the same path taken by many societies.

This path is clearly evident throughout history.

This is how fascism came into being.

Main source: antifake.am