Parody Work Of Fiction We dodged a bullet. The United States was heading into a disaster being pushed towards the brink of destruction by the Fascists, fortunately, Americans fought back and saved this nation. The Dictators lost.
fascism
1: often Fascism : a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition At the core of fascism is loyalty to tribe, ethnic identity, religion, tradition, or, in a word, nation.—Jason Stanley There are differences between Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and their various nationalist descendants.—Josh Jones broadly : a philosophy or system with some combination of fascist values and governing structures Take away colonialism and you still have … Balkan fascism … —Umberto Eco
2: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control The early instances of army fascism and brutality are typical …—Jason Watson Aldridge Call it "soft fascism": a political system that aims to stamp out dissent and seize control of every major aspect of a country's political and social life, without needing to resort to "hard" measures like banning elections …—Zach Beauchamp —often used informally in an exaggerated way Like the city's ban on the use of trans fats and draconian restrictions on smoking, the new soda regulations are … yet another installment of what Jonah Goldberg rightly termed "liberal fascism."—Jonathan S. Tobin
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The Italian Origin of Fascism
The words fascism and fascist have long been associated with the Fascisti of Benito Mussolini and the fasces, the bundle of rods with an ax among them, which the Fascisti used as a symbol of the Italian people united and obedient to the single authority of the state. However, Mussolini did not introduce the word fascista (plural fascisti) with the 1919 organization of the Fasci di combattimento (“combat groups”), nor did the fasces have any direct connection with the origin of fascista. In Italian, the word fascio (plural fasci) means literally “bundle,” and figuratively “group.” From at least 1872 fascio was used in the names of labor and agrarian unions, and in October 1914 a political coalition was formed called the Fascio rivoluzionario d’ azione internazionalista (“revolutionary group for international action”), which advocated Italian participation in World War I on the side of the Allies. Members of this group were first called fascisti in January 1915. Although Mussolini was closely associated with this interventionist movement, it had no direct link with the post-war Fasci di combattimento, and in 1919 the word fascista was already in political circulation. It is, however, to the Fascisti in their 1919 incarnation—who seized power in Italy three years later—that we owe the current customary meanings of our words fascism and fascist.
Nor am I authoritarian, and I'm on the left. Go too far right OR left and you reach people whop no longer believe in the Democratic Process at all, communism on the left, fascism on the right. The "alt-right" is admittedly kind of a nebulous term, sort of as clearly-defined to left-wingers as "woke" is to the right (that is, as hazy as London fog).
I gather you're right-wing, but like me, you still very much believe in Democracy and don't favor authoritaian government. That's nice to see, I occasionally encounter the ones who really want a dictatorship.
P.S. Nearly everyone I talk top on the right assumes I'm a Democrat. To me, Democrats are center-right-wing with a few minor forays left.
Nor am I authoritarian, and I'm on the left. Go too far right OR left and you reach people whop no l
They're both terrible, yes. I'm just saying, I'm glad you are NOT supportive of either of these. A fair chunk of people are currently very much supportive of fascism and aren't hiding it.
They're both terrible, yes. I'm just saying, I'm glad you are NOT supportive of either of these. A f
