Fascism lurks behind the dangerous conflation of the terms 'partisan' and 'political'

Whereas "the personal is the political" was originally meant to flag ways in which government decisions unfairly affect and define personal lives, the mindset that "everything is political" creates a situation of perpetual conflict between divergent groups. 

That's the opposite of what politics is for and what a liberal democracy does: A liberal democracy specifically guards against using government power to further the agendas of distinctive groups. It seeks to prevent government encroachment into the private lives of individuals, and vice versa, in order to constrain the worst impulses of politicians and citizens alike. 

Fascism, by contrast, seeks to make government power an aspect of every dimension of its citizens' lives. Nazi apologist Carl Schmitt conceptualized politics as an all-consuming and literal life and death struggle between friends and enemies...

https://theconversation.com/fascism-lurks-behind-the-dangerous-conflation-of-the-terms-partisan-and-political-207277