A look at Fascism.
Alright, so I have been arguing with people for a while on a few sites, and I honestly think I am seeing a new re-evolution in political thinking, so i wanted to explore it.
I actually believe that there are a few individuals on some of these sites who are essentially Fascist in thought, although not in name, which is understandable since "Fascist" has been an insult for a long time. But I really think it is making a come back.
A couple of definitions from Mussolini, as pulled from Wikipedia
"As a political and economic system in Italy, fascism combined elements of corporatism, totalitarianism, nationalism, militarism and anti-Communism. In an article in the 1932 Enciclopedia Italiana, written by Giovanni Gentile and attributed to Benito Mussolini, fascism is described as a system in which "The State not only is authority which governs and molds individual wills with laws and values of spiritual life, but it is also power which makes its will prevail abroad... For the Fascist, everything is within the State and... neither individuals nor groups are outside the State... For Fascism, the State is an absolute, before which individuals or groups are only relative... Liberalism denied the State in the name of the individual; Fascism reasserts the rights of the State as expressing the real essence of the individual"
It discussed other political and social doctrines of the time by describing fascism as: "the resolute negation of the doctrine underlying so-called scientific and Marxian socialism... and as rejecting (in democracy) "the absurd conventional lie of political equalitarianism, the habit of collective irresponsibility, the myth of felicity and indefinite progress".
"Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism, both in the political and economic sphere. ... The Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organised in their respective associations, circulate within the State."
Another central theme of Italian fascism was the struggle against what it described as the corrupt "plutocracies" of the time, France and Britain in particular.
While failing to outline a coherent program, fascism evolved into a new political and economic system that combined corporatism, totalitarianism, nationalism, and anti-Communism in a state designed to bind all classes together under a capitalist system. This was a new capitalist system, however, one in which the state seized control of the organization of vital industries.Edit: Instead of siezing control...the people in the government run key industries...so it is subtly different Under the banners of nationalism and state power, Fascism seemed to synthesize the glorious Roman edit: (or idealized American) past with a futuristic utopia.
O.K, as I am reading this, I cant help but see certain themes which I believe are creeping back into todays political agenda.
Anyone interested in discussing this?
I actually believe that there are a few individuals on some of these sites who are essentially Fascist in thought, although not in name, which is understandable since "Fascist" has been an insult for a long time. But I really think it is making a come back.
A couple of definitions from Mussolini, as pulled from Wikipedia
"As a political and economic system in Italy, fascism combined elements of corporatism, totalitarianism, nationalism, militarism and anti-Communism. In an article in the 1932 Enciclopedia Italiana, written by Giovanni Gentile and attributed to Benito Mussolini, fascism is described as a system in which "The State not only is authority which governs and molds individual wills with laws and values of spiritual life, but it is also power which makes its will prevail abroad... For the Fascist, everything is within the State and... neither individuals nor groups are outside the State... For Fascism, the State is an absolute, before which individuals or groups are only relative... Liberalism denied the State in the name of the individual; Fascism reasserts the rights of the State as expressing the real essence of the individual"
It discussed other political and social doctrines of the time by describing fascism as: "the resolute negation of the doctrine underlying so-called scientific and Marxian socialism... and as rejecting (in democracy) "the absurd conventional lie of political equalitarianism, the habit of collective irresponsibility, the myth of felicity and indefinite progress".
"Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism, both in the political and economic sphere. ... The Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organised in their respective associations, circulate within the State."
Another central theme of Italian fascism was the struggle against what it described as the corrupt "plutocracies" of the time, France and Britain in particular.
While failing to outline a coherent program, fascism evolved into a new political and economic system that combined corporatism, totalitarianism, nationalism, and anti-Communism in a state designed to bind all classes together under a capitalist system. This was a new capitalist system, however, one in which the state seized control of the organization of vital industries.
O.K, as I am reading this, I cant help but see certain themes which I believe are creeping back into todays political agenda.
Anyone interested in discussing this?
posted by Thinker @ 4/18/2006 12:20:00 PM
3 Comments:
At 4/23/2006 11:57 PM,
Anonymous said…
Tut here - just letting you know I am reading if not commenting :D
At 4/29/2006 9:09 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hey, it's gypsy.
Nice post. I agree. It seems like a lot of people think that since the United States is a powerful country, that means that anything we (our government rather) says goes. It is a divine right, persay.
At 5/08/2006 3:55 AM,
Anonymous said…
I couldn't agree with you more and really think that fascism is what has been the agenda and goal, in part, of the Bush clan...under the veil of being conservatives.
It was rumored that daddy bush was involved with 5 other big tops wealthy people internationally to rule the world. I've thought of the Trilateral Commission...the World Bank...and, as you have astutely noted, the incorporation of corporate executives into the government.
Nicely done, as usual, Thinker.
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