I oppose Fascism but what is Fascism?

I oppose Fascism but what is Fascism?

Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism commonly described as “extreme right” originated in Italy during World War I by Italian national syndicalists who combined left-wing and right-wing political views. Fascism considered right-wing because of its social conservatism and authoritarian means of opposing egalitarianism. While fascism includes Nazism, Nazism might be seen as an extreme variant of fascism. The more a person values absolute equality among all people, the further left they will be on the ideological spectrum. The more a person considers inequality to be unavoidable or even desirable, the further to the right they will be.

Fascism is influenced by national syndicalism in opposition to liberalism, Marxism, anarchism and traditional conservatism. National syndicalism developed in France, and then spread to Italy, Spain and Portugal. National syndicalism is an adaptation of syndicalism to suit the social agenda of integral nationalism. Fascism was founded by Italian national syndicalists, who combined elements of left-wing politics with more typically right-wing positions, in opposition to socialism, communism, liberal democracy and, in some cases, traditional right-wing conservatism.

Integral nationalism or Integralism, is an ideology which defends social differentiation and hierarchy with co-operation between social classes, transcending conflict between social and economic groups. French National syndicalism was an adaptation version of revolutionary syndicalism to the monarchist ideology of integral nationalism, as practiced by Action Française, which involves the support of anti-democratic socialism seen as the “pure” and correct form of socialism. Action Française was a French nationalist-monarchist movement led by Charles Maurras (1900–1908).

National syndicalists or Integral nationalism/Integralism especially in Latin America can be associated with fascism in so extent or another, although there exist deep points of disagreement: integralism stresses trade unionism and localism while fascism defends a centralist state; the traditionalist and Catholic foundation of integralist ideas against the often secular and anti-clerical, and modernist philosophical basis of fascism.

National syndicalism in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) is a political theory very different from the fascist idea of corporatism, inspired by Integralism and the Action Française. It was formulated in Spain in a manifesto published in 1931. National syndicalism was intended to win over the anarcho-syndicalist to a corporatist nationalism. Fascism is often placed on the far-right within the traditional left–right spectrum, but some academics call that description inadequate. Fascism was influenced by both left and right, conservative and anti-conservative, national and supranational, rational and anti-rational.

Fascists seek to unify their nation through a totalitarian state that seeks the mass mobilization of the national community, relying on a vanguard party to initiate a revolution to organize the nation on fascist principles. Hostile to liberal democracy, socialism, and communism, fascist movements share certain common features, including the veneration of the state, a devotion to a strong leader, and an emphasis on ultranationalism, ethnocentrism, and militarism. Fascism views political violence, war, and imperialism as a means to achieve national rejuvenation and asserts that “superior” nations and races should attain living space by displacing weak and inferior ones.

Fascist ideology consistently invoked the primacy of the state. Fascist ideology can involve a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition. Fascist ideology often strong and charismatic leaders such as Benito Mussolini in Italy and Adolf Hitler in Germany embodied the state and claimed indisputable power. Fascism borrowed theories and terminology from socialism but applied them to what it saw as the more significant conflict between nations and races rather than to class conflict, and focused on ending the divisions between classes within the nation.

Fascism advocates a mixed economy, with the principal goal of achieving autarky to secure national self-sufficiency and independence through protectionist and interventionist economic policies. Fascism opposed socialist and communist ideology but was also critical of some aspects of capitalism, arguing for what is sometimes called a Third Position between capitalism and Marxist socialism. A major element of fascism that has been deemed as clearly far-right is its goal to promote the right of claimed superior people to dominate while purging society of claimed inferior elements.

Italian Fascists described fascism as a right-wing ideology in the political program, “The Doctrine of Fascism” stating: “We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the ‘right,’ a fascist century.” However, Mussolini clarified that fascism’s position on the political spectrum was not a serious issue to fascists and stated whether Fascism, sits on the right, it could also have sat on a mountain of the center. Going on to say, “We don’t give a damn about these empty terminologies and we despise those who are terrorized by these words.” A number of fascist movements try to describe themselves as a “third position” outside the traditional political spectrum. Mussolini used fascistic Militarism and Nationalism on the Italian People.

The key factors used by Benito Mussolini to gain the trust of the Italian people were militarism and nationalism. Nationalism is devotion and patriotism to your country with constant glorification and promotion of the country’s values and culture. This constant promotion of the country’s values led to absolutely unjustifiable decisions that were perceived as setting standards for a country’s people, but actually inhumane acts. Mussolini promoted the cultural and political values of the Italian Fascists by using lots of propaganda across Italy. This large amount of propaganda displayed across the country is important because it made the Italian population become more focused on fascism and military power, which strengthened Mussolini’s power in his dictatorship. Mussolini used fascistic nationalism to promote the growth and need of militarism in Italy along with Italian Strength.

Mussolini used fascistic patriotism from his country to give Italy the idea that if they want to become a force as big as they were during the Roman Empire that they would need to have a strong military and constantly promote Italian values. To promote this ideal, Mussolini ordered children from ages 16-65 to enroll in the “New Empires” Military. This new side of Mussolini showed to the Italian people and the rest of the world that he was serious about making Italy the force it was back in the days of the Roman Empire. This use of militarism to enforce national superiority and strength was important because it made Italy become a large threat to neighboring countries and also threatened the balance of power and created a potential for war. These nationalistic, militaristic, and fascist values enforced and promoted by the Italians where what eventually led to Italy joining the axis powers and going to war against the allied powers.

Fascism has been criticized for being ideologically dishonest. Major examples of ideological dishonesty have been identified in Italian Fascism’s changing support, rejection back again relationship with German Nazism. Fascist movements emphasized a belligerent, virulent form of nationalism (chauvinism) and a fear of foreign people (xenophobia), which they frequently linked to an exaggerated ethnocentrism. The typical fascist state also embraced militarism, a belief in the rigors and virtues of military life as an individual and national ideal, meaning much of public life is organized along military lines and an emphasis is put on uniforms, parades, and monumental architecture.

Following the Second World War, few parties openly describe themselves as fascist and the term is more usually used pejoratively by political opponents. Moreover, the term fascist has been used as a pejorative word, often referring to widely varying movements across the political spectrum but to do so is not always warranted and if it applies to everything like ‘oppressor’ as a synonym for ‘Fascist’ without justification the word ‘Fascism’ becomes almost meaningless as a traditional political ideology but if its referring to national authoritarian/totalitarian militarism then it is likely warranted.

Nationalism is the main foundation of fascism. Fascist movements typically espouse a racist conception. Although, fascists have not always held a unified set of racial views, most fascists promoted imperialism, although there have been several fascist movements that were uninterested in the pursuit of new imperial ambitions. Fascism also promotes the establishment of a totalitarian state. The Doctrine of Fascism states, “The Fascist conception of the State is all-embracing; outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist, much less have value.

Fascism is totalitarian, and the Fascist State—a synthesis and a unit inclusive of all values—interprets, develops, and potentiates the whole life of a people.” Fascist states pursued policies of social indoctrination through propaganda in education and the media and regulation of the production of educational and media materials. Education was designed to glorify the fascist movement and inform students of its historical and political importance to the nation. It attempted to purge ideas that were not consistent with the beliefs of the fascist movement and to teach students to be obedient to the state. One of the most common and strongest criticisms of fascism is that it is a tyranny in practice. Fascism is commonly regarded as deliberately and entirely non-democratic and anti-democratic.

Fascism opposes liberal democracy rejecting any concept of universal egalitarianism. It rejects multi-party systems, and supports a single party state. However, fascists have claimed Fascism supports a variant of democracy stating: “Fascism is a method, not an end; an autocracy on the road to democracy, trying to describe fascism as an authoritarian democracy. “ Fascist economics supported a state-controlled economy that accepted a mix of private and public ownership over the means of production. Economic planning was applied to both the public and private sector, and the prosperity of private enterprise depended on its acceptance of synchronizing itself with the economic goals of the state. Fascist economic ideology supported the profit motive, but emphasized that industries must uphold the national interest as superior to private profit.

While fascism accepted the importance of material wealth and power, it condemned materialism, which it identified as being present in both communism and capitalism, and criticized materialism for lacking acknowledgement of the role of the spirit. Fascism denounced Marxism for its advocacy of materialist internationalist class identity, which fascists regarded as an attack upon the emotional and spiritual bonds of the nation and a threat to the achievement of genuine national solidarity.

Contrary to the popular use of the term, Communist states have sometimes been referred to as “fascist,” typically as an insult. Marxist interpretations of the term have, for example, been applied in relation to Cuba under Fidel Castro and Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh. Herbert Matthews, of the New York Times asked “Should we now place Stalinist Russia in the same category as Hitlerite Germany? Should we say that she is Fascist?” J. Edgar Hoover wrote extensively of “Red Fascism.” Chinese Marxists used the term to denounce the Soviet Union during the Sino-Soviet Split, and likewise, the Soviets used the term to identify Chinese Marxists and social democracy (coining a new term of social fascism).

I oppose Fascism, including all its religious persuasions

Christofascism (christian and fascism) as well as religiofascism (religion and fascism): When I was young I raged at the world for abuse I received from my parents. Then I developed some, so I held my parents accountable, raging at them and the world; as so much was out there, like them. Then I fully developed and became an atheist, thus I started to see my parents were two different versions of christofascism (christian and fascism), as well as I saw that relatively all religions in some way are part of religiofascism (religion and fascism) especially how they often force hereditary religion of children by cursive force or oppression and I became an antireligionist atheist raging against religion as well as the lies of gods.

Religion and it’s god myths are like a spiritually transmitted disease of the mind. This infection even once cured holds mental disruption which can linger on for a lifetime.

Comment from a fan:

Damien, you were a victim of what you call Christofascism (christian and fascism) as well as religiofascism (religion and fascism). And now you are a warrior for the victims of religious oppression. Imagine what it would be like if we didn’t have people like you out there. (Religion run amok, untethered). Thank you, Damien Marie AtHope.

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Power Authority Oppression

Limiting the power to a point in authority, maximize the potential for oppression. This is referring to the need for greater inclusion of many instead of the exclusion driven only by the few. Moreover, how this greater inclusion can be adopted is non hierarchical political structure and more direct democracy. Such as a “Heterarchy” which is a system of organization where the elements of the organization are unranked (non-hierarchical) or where they possess the potential to be ranked a number of different ways. Definitions of the term vary among the disciplines: in social and information sciences, heterarchies are networks of elements in which each element shares the same “horizontal” position of power and authority, each playing a theoretically equal role.

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