Re: [microsound] fascio

[Jason Hollis <contact@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > as for Imperialism: what do you call the US invasions of Afghanistan and 
> > Iraq? (not to mention countless other examples)
>
> this's fascism


No, that is imperialism.
Fascist states may engage in imperialism, but that doesnt make one that 
pursues empire Fascist.

Fascism is a radical political ideology that combines elements of 
corporatism, authoritarianism, nationalism, militarism, anti-anarchism, 
anti-communism and anti-liberalism.  Fascism in many ways seems to have been 
clearly developed as a reaction against Communism and Marxism, both in a 
philosophic and political sense, although it opposed democratic capitalist 
economics along with socialism, Marxism, and liberal democracy. It viewed 
the state as an organic entity in a positive light rather than as an 
institution designed to protect collective and individual rights, or as one 
that should be held in check. It tended to reject the Marxist notion of 
social classes and universally dismissed the concept of class conflict, 
replacing it instead with the struggle between races, and the struggle of 
the youth versus their elders. This meant embracing nationalism and 
mysticism, and advancing ideals of strength and power as means of 
legitimacy, glorifying war as an end in itself and victory as the 
determinant of truth and worthiness. An affinity to these ideas can be found 
in Social Darwinism. These ideas are in direct opposition to the ideals of 
humanism and rationalism characteristic of the Age of Enlightenment, from 
which liberalism and, later, Marxism would emerge.


Give the US another 6 years under the Republicans and maybe we'll see true 
Fascism, but we're not there yet.
On our way, but not there yet.


~ !J!
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