Anonymous #3 11w

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by dictatorial leadership, forcible suppression of opposition, strong regimentation of society, and a belief in national or racial supremacy. It typically opposes democracy, liberalism, communism, and socialism. -google

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Anonymous #3 11w

Some examples of fascist countries include Italy under Mussolini from 1922-1943, Germany under the Nazi regime from 1933-1945, and Japan from 1926-1945 during their imperial reign.

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Anonymous #4 11w

Are you sure about that? Because using your own definition, or rather Google's of dictatorship, suppression of dissent, enforced ideological conformity, you’ve just opened the door for Stalin and Mao. Millions dead, totalitarian control, violent purges. So are they fascists too? Or is fascism only when the boot comes from the right?

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Anonymous #4 11w

If the definition can’t survive ideological inversion, it’s not a definition. It’s just a partisan cudgel. And if your goal is to fight authoritarianism, maybe stop trying to contain it to one side of the spectrum.

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Anonymous #3 11w

No, by definition they aren’t the same. While all these dictators employed similar strategies and each group had similar (and terrible) outcomes, they aren’t by definition all fascists. Fascism is technically (and historically) and specifically a right wing approach to dictatorship, whereas communism for example has been more of a left wing approach.

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Anonymous #3 11w

Something specific can still exist on a spectrum. Fascism is a specific part of the authoritarian spectrum. I’m not containing anything or fighting anything, I just gave you a specific definition you asked for. Take up your anger with historians and etymologists if you don’t like how definitions, words and history work.

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Anonymous #4 11w

If Stalin builds a one-party state, suppresses dissent, commands a cult of personality, purges enemies, and mobilizes the population into mass ideological conformity…and so on, what makes that categorically different from fascism? Is it the economic rhetoric? The uniforms? The flag?

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Anonymous #4 11w

If the structure of control, violence, and suppression is the same, does the label left or right change the outcome or are they remotely relevant? And if we define fascism only by its self-claimed ideology, does that mean any regime can escape the label by calling itself something else?

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Anonymous #4 11w

And you told me to take it up with historians, I would, but Adorno wasn’t a historian. He was a theorist with an agenda. If your definition rests on his foundation, all your defending is an orchestrated orthodoxy.

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