Literally none of that is a true description of Fascism.
Fascism explicitly bans a militarized citizenry. Only the politically favored members of the party enforcers are allowed to have weapons in order to ensure that rebellion doesn't occur.
Fascism explicitly doesn't eliminate governing bodies. It requires that anyone in government be a member of the party, and the party governs all politics internally, but legislatures and judiciaries still exist, but only with party members that are towing the party line.
Fascism explicitly does not call for a master race. Fascism, assuming we take it out of it's primarily Italian context, is a Civic Nationalist construct. In Italy, this was the idea that regardless of ethnicity, anyone within the Italian Fascist state was Italian, this includes jews, and about 45,000 of them were directly members of Italy's Fascist Party.
The concept of a "master race" really only existed under German National Socialism. And even that was a reference to the Aryan race, which didn't really exist anymore under the understanding of Aryanism, where Aryans are a hyperborean race that founded Atlantis, this is why they were a "master" race. It would be better to frame the Aryans as a "Precursor" or "Forerunner" race. The reason they're called "master" is based on the misapplication of Nietzsche's description of a Master Morality, and claiming that the Aryan precursor race would have required a Master Morality. Hence, a Master Race. The point is, you don't really see it in Italian Fascism, Spanish Falangism, the Portuguese Estado Novo, or Japanese Militarism. It's a very particular German concept. You do see something like it in Black National Socialism (because W.E.B. DuBois was a race communist that tried to appropriate the Volkish movement for his own purposes). This is why you see so many Black National Socialists espousing retarded "Wakanda" and "Yakub" nonsense.
Even with all that being said, German National Socialism pushes mostly for deportations of non-Germanic races within a National Socialist state (excluding Jewish Germans who are part of a bourgeoise race that need to be exterminated wholly, and Gypsies who won't go anywhere and won't "synchronize" with the German nation). Where this becomes extermination (of non-Jews and non-Gypsies) is when Germany's Socialist economy fucks up food production, gives itself a famine, and then choses to intentionally starve occupied territories rather than let any Germans go hungry; including among Greeks, Poles, and Slavs who are considered inferior races anyway.
It's always been weird to me that fascism is associated with nazis and not with the italians who invented it.
That's because people who discuss WW2 in such simplistic and accusatory tones don't actually know shit about it, and probably couldn't even name Italy as a major part of the Axis powers, if they even knew that name.
They just know nazi=bad and fascism=bad so nazi=fascist, and that's basically their entire belief system.
it's the generation raised on Star Wars, Marvel slop, Harry Potter, Pokemon, etc. the world is made up of good guys and bad guys, and bad guys must always be fought. no need to understand why the bad guys are bad, or why they even do what they do.
it poisons our history classes too. through Middle School and high school, I remember being taught that we rebelled against the British because the British were bad. we defeated the Confederates because the Confederates were bad. we defeated the Nazis because the Nazis were bad (no need to pay attention to weimar Germany!). Every explanation for why the bad guys did the bad things they did was because they were bad.
hardly anyone focuses on what drove people to do bad things in the first place, or why the things they do are even bad. I firmly believe this key missing piece is why history keeps repeating itself.
What's funny is that in all the examples you listed, I can think of clear examples of "good guys doing bad things" that get called out for it and even "bad guys doing good things" and showing to be misguided and in need of help.
Shit that's the entire story of Pokemon Black and White (ironic naming), that bad guys use good and worthy ideas ideas to recruit naive people to help their evil plans and then discard them.
Which shows that even the guys who scream "media literacy" don't know shit about their own nonsense.
That's correct. The Fasces was always understood as a symbol of collectivism, but prior to the early 20th century, it had no negative connotation. In the US the fasci was actually a common symbol for American collectivism, and a lot of collectivists in the Progressive era used it repeatedly. It used to be on the US Dime.
I've been waiting for years for urinalists to start griping about the huge pair of fasces on either side of the American flag behind the Speaker's Well in the US House of Representatives.
I'd chock it up to the usual dumbassery that could be expected from the average war-time propaganda. Rushed propaganda that's at least partially fueled via guilt by association.
We saw a lot of the same shit play out on repeat with leftists targeting anyone and anything connected with Russia. Except when the Soviet Union comes up of course. Then Communists have to do a will check saving throw for confusion.
Fascism, as it was taught in ancient times while I was in school, was described as the same people running both the government and the economy. Little wonder why they keep trying so hard to redefine such a thing these days.
Literally none of that is a true description of Fascism.
Fascism explicitly bans a militarized citizenry. Only the politically favored members of the party enforcers are allowed to have weapons in order to ensure that rebellion doesn't occur.
Fascism explicitly doesn't eliminate governing bodies. It requires that anyone in government be a member of the party, and the party governs all politics internally, but legislatures and judiciaries still exist, but only with party members that are towing the party line.
Fascism explicitly does not call for a master race. Fascism, assuming we take it out of it's primarily Italian context, is a Civic Nationalist construct. In Italy, this was the idea that regardless of ethnicity, anyone within the Italian Fascist state was Italian, this includes jews, and about 45,000 of them were directly members of Italy's Fascist Party.
The concept of a "master race" really only existed under German National Socialism. And even that was a reference to the Aryan race, which didn't really exist anymore under the understanding of Aryanism, where Aryans are a hyperborean race that founded Atlantis, this is why they were a "master" race. It would be better to frame the Aryans as a "Precursor" or "Forerunner" race. The reason they're called "master" is based on the misapplication of Nietzsche's description of a Master Morality, and claiming that the Aryan precursor race would have required a Master Morality. Hence, a Master Race. The point is, you don't really see it in Italian Fascism, Spanish Falangism, the Portuguese Estado Novo, or Japanese Militarism. It's a very particular German concept. You do see something like it in Black National Socialism (because W.E.B. DuBois was a race communist that tried to appropriate the Volkish movement for his own purposes). This is why you see so many Black National Socialists espousing retarded "Wakanda" and "Yakub" nonsense.
Even with all that being said, German National Socialism pushes mostly for deportations of non-Germanic races within a National Socialist state (excluding Jewish Germans who are part of a bourgeoise race that need to be exterminated wholly, and Gypsies who won't go anywhere and won't "synchronize" with the German nation). Where this becomes extermination (of non-Jews and non-Gypsies) is when Germany's Socialist economy fucks up food production, gives itself a famine, and then choses to intentionally starve occupied territories rather than let any Germans go hungry; including among Greeks, Poles, and Slavs who are considered inferior races anyway.
Interesting writeup. It's always been weird to me that fascism is associated with nazis and not with the italians who invented it.
Something I learned recently: the chair the Lincoln sits on in his memorial monument is made of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces
That's because people who discuss WW2 in such simplistic and accusatory tones don't actually know shit about it, and probably couldn't even name Italy as a major part of the Axis powers, if they even knew that name.
They just know nazi=bad and fascism=bad so nazi=fascist, and that's basically their entire belief system.
it's the generation raised on Star Wars, Marvel slop, Harry Potter, Pokemon, etc. the world is made up of good guys and bad guys, and bad guys must always be fought. no need to understand why the bad guys are bad, or why they even do what they do.
it poisons our history classes too. through Middle School and high school, I remember being taught that we rebelled against the British because the British were bad. we defeated the Confederates because the Confederates were bad. we defeated the Nazis because the Nazis were bad (no need to pay attention to weimar Germany!). Every explanation for why the bad guys did the bad things they did was because they were bad.
hardly anyone focuses on what drove people to do bad things in the first place, or why the things they do are even bad. I firmly believe this key missing piece is why history keeps repeating itself.
What's double weird is that that's one of their favorite themes when they can use it for subversion.
What's funny is that in all the examples you listed, I can think of clear examples of "good guys doing bad things" that get called out for it and even "bad guys doing good things" and showing to be misguided and in need of help.
Shit that's the entire story of Pokemon Black and White (ironic naming), that bad guys use good and worthy ideas ideas to recruit naive people to help their evil plans and then discard them.
Which shows that even the guys who scream "media literacy" don't know shit about their own nonsense.
Fun fact: linguistically speaking, all fascists are faggots.
Language is fun sometimes.
That's correct. The Fasces was always understood as a symbol of collectivism, but prior to the early 20th century, it had no negative connotation. In the US the fasci was actually a common symbol for American collectivism, and a lot of collectivists in the Progressive era used it repeatedly. It used to be on the US Dime.
I've been waiting for years for urinalists to start griping about the huge pair of fasces on either side of the American flag behind the Speaker's Well in the US House of Representatives.
I'd chock it up to the usual dumbassery that could be expected from the average war-time propaganda. Rushed propaganda that's at least partially fueled via guilt by association.
We saw a lot of the same shit play out on repeat with leftists targeting anyone and anything connected with Russia. Except when the Soviet Union comes up of course. Then Communists have to do a will check saving throw for confusion.
lincoln needs to be demolished and replaced with a standing statue. you ain't zeus, bitch. stand up.
FTFY
Fascism, as it was taught in ancient times while I was in school, was described as the same people running both the government and the economy. Little wonder why they keep trying so hard to redefine such a thing these days.