Fascism explained
The term “fascist” is thrown around so much – and so inaccurately – these days that it’s come to mean “anyone with whom I disagree and think is doing bad things.” Most people haven’t a clue what it means except for that. I’m one of those people who has bothered to research it and understands the basics. But the following video taught me a lot that I hadn’t known, and I think it’s a valuable listen.
James Lindsay is the interviewee:
I have felt, and have said as much to deaf ears, that Fascism has a particular meaning, and it is not the same as Nazism. In their glory days there were similarities, but there were significant differences. Equating the two would be akin to equating a Bobcat to a Tiger. Either should be avoided, but one would be lethal, while the other might inflict some injury. Just my thoughts.
Some believe it problematic whether there would have been a ruling Fascist Party in Italy at all if it were not for the international thrust of Communism. The same could be speculated with respect to the Nazi Party in Germany. The violent Communist vs Nazi/Fascist confrontations created chaos that exposed weakness in the existing systems, and created a power void that could be exploited.
Sort of like the perpetrators of street violence intend in the U.S.
Not going to watch a long video, but of course the “anti-fascist” demonstrators and Antifa operators have no idea what fascism actually was, and don’t see its relationship to our current Progressive or Democratic Socialist parties.
FWIW, Mussolini DID start out a socialist…