Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement that rose to prominence in early-20th-century Europe.[1][2][3] Fascism is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.[3][4] Opposed to communism, democracy, liberalism, pluralism, and socialism,[5][6] fascism is at the far right of the traditional left–right spectrum.[1][6][7]
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9 Comments
CompostMaterial@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 344d
Sure would be a shame if someone swapped out the Hitler picture for Trump's.
jared@mander.xyz · 21 pts · 344d
He's earned it.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 344d
Trump is in that picture. That’s him on the left, standing next to himself on the right.
nuko147@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 344d
Or put a picture of Trump with Putin.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 26 pts · 344d
The explanation is confusing but all fascisms have in common:
0ops@piefed.zip · 15 pts · 344d
Expanding on your first point, when a fascist movement can't make an enemy of an outgroup anymore, they'll make a scapegoat of their outermost ingroup instead. And when that stops working they shed the next group and make them the new enemy. Ultimately everyone who's a part of a fascist movement is seen as disposable by the next rung up the fascist hierarchy, and one by one every ally of the movement will be betrayed by it the instance they're more valuable outside the movement (or dead) than in it. Fascists can't actually win, they'll always implode eventually, but we can all lose.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 344d
See Goldstein in 1984. A book no longer taught in high schools.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 344d
Umberto Eco described it better
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz · 14 pts · 344d
I think the point of posting this is to encourage people to learn about fascism more seriously and not through memes and quotes. Umberto Eco is quoted in the article but find the time and read the whole thing.