What is the true definition of fascism?

what exactly is it? do we have any politicians today who resemble the traits of a fascist?





What is Jonah Goldberg's perspective in ';Liberal Fascism';?





*serious answers only please. i need to understand all this*What is the true definition of fascism?
Fascism is a system of government that depends on a one party state that answers to a single leader. The underlying ideology is on of a tightly controlled state with strong federal powers, with an equally tightly controlled economy.





For the previous answerer who compares fascism to Stalin, please do some more reading. Fascism also works closely with the corporate leadership, and is strongly capitalist in its monetary policies. It was, in fact, a group of German CEOs who made the decision to fund the Nazis in 1932 that paved the way for Hitler.





They did it because he promised to suppress the unions, and he was as good as his word. On the Labour Day after he reached power he invited all the leaders to a reception, met them personally and assured them of his good wishes and shook their hands as they left. Then he had them garrotted.





A fascist believes in the sanctity of the corporate sector and the overwhelming authority of the state. That sounds a lot like the current extreme right of the Republican Party in the United States. The suspension of habeus corpus is a prime indicator that there are some closet fascists in very important places.What is the true definition of fascism?
Basically its any form of government that follows the political beliefs of Mussolini.
Unruly behaviour in breaking our creator's universal law with self rudeness, self prides of self images of standing idol as Venus and Proud Mary as living doll with the Eunuch,self discrimination as people of different races of self racism with self lack of knowledge in kicking the butts of God in not worshiping God.


Leviticus 26.1


Leviticus 19.27


Leviticus 21.5


With cheap-skate glory in idol worshiping the dead Mummy of failures and horrors of the past from the graveyards of different ghostly ancestor's culture and custom as success.


Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49


With non-existence rights of original descendant.


Luke 3.7-9


Exodus 1.5


What do you think?
Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:


1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.


2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of ';need.'; The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.


3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.


4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.


5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.


6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.


7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.


8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed


to the government's policies or actions.


9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.


10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.


11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.


12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.


13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.


14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
Fascism is the open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic, most imperialist elements of finance capital.
Hyperbole mostly.





';...partisans regularly feel the people with whom they agree are making careful, reasoned arguments, whereas the people they disagree with sound like they have cloth for brains.





Unvaryingly, partisans also believe that partisans on the other side are far more ideologically extreme than they actually are...';
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Here are some definitions I pulled up:





1. A governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism





2. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
It is fitting that the name of an authoritarian political movement like Fascism, founded in 1919 by Benito Mussolini, should come from the name of a symbol of authority. The Italian name of the movement, fascismo, is derived from fascio, ';bundle, (political) group,'; but also refers to the movement's emblem, the fasces, a bundle of rods bound around a projecting axe-head that was carried before an ancient Roman magistrate by an attendant as a symbol of authority and power. The name of Mussolini's group of revolutionaries was soon used for similar nationalistic movements in other countries that sought to gain power through violence and ruthlessness, such as National Socialism.





That might be hard to grasp but, basically he is talking a movement by liberals to take away all american tradition and morality and replace it with strong government authority to the point where obamas plans are going to be the biggest tax increase in american history.. Many evil dictators have been brought up on facism and alot of liberal veiws are similar to those of these dictators such as government authority in the lives of americans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism