What is Fascism?

[ParkCungHee]

I totally disagree that Fascism is only a political ideology such as Socialism and Liberalism. It can also be a quality of characteristics in such organizations such as the military, police, and other systems that are in the quasi-sense, Fascistical in nature.

No more then I can say they are Democratic or Socialist in nature. Theres no reason to dumb down political theory because you think its a good slur to use. The only reason why you don't think its an ideology is because you haven't bothered learning about it.

You really think that in our times, that the qualities of today's government is somewhat not strikenly similar to Fascist's Italy?

No.

That it is something not a manifestation of it but common in all government (whatever elites hold the power in certain amount of years) to consolidate their power?

No, get it through your head, its a system of government, not a pathology. And if this is present in all systems of government, why pick the term fascism? Can't you just rewrite you're thread as "What is democracy?" or "What is liberalism?" or "What is conservatism?"

 

[Emperor2]

Communism with better uniforms.

I know this is compleatly off topic, but I always thought the blood-suckers had the coolest uniforms in the wolrd, as long as they color everything that was once red to blue. But, that's just me.

Anyways, back to the original question: ALL governments have fascism in them; its just a matter of quality and quantity that make a government fascist, democratic, communist, etc. The stated basic pillars of Fasicsm are:

Superior nation: Name me 5 nations that don't have this to some extent.
The myth of a better future: In democratic countries, this measure is very small, but still there. Democratic nations, after a little while, tend to be realistic and realize that the world is the world; you can only have a utopia when god come (unless your not religious-then, all hope is pretty much lost)
The hero: Name me 5 modern countries that didn't have this.
The enemy: Good verses evil: Already put down for me.

 

[ParkCungHee]

The myth of a better future: In democratic countries, this measure is very small, but still there. Democratic nations, after a little while, tend to be realistic and realize that the world is the world; you can only have a utopia when god come (unless your not religious-then, all hope is pretty much lost)

Actually the myth of a better future is much more typical of democracies then fascist states.
"Fascism is therefore...opposed to all Jacobin utopias and innovations. It does not believe in the possibility of "happiness" on earth as conceived by the economic literature of the XVIIIth century, and it therefore rejects the theological notion that at some future time the human family will secure a final settlement of all its difficulties. This notion runs counter to experience which teaches that life is in continual flux and in process of evolution."
When you compare this to the ideas of the Jacobins, Wilsonians, and Neo-Conservatives, I think the "myth of a better future." Lies more with liberalism, and certainly with communism, then it does with Fascism.