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(DIR) Post #AdE7ZkemoLzQt7HGRk by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-08-04T16:36:04Z
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Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.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 #HumanRights 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, and long incarcerations of prisoners.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… 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. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.6. Controlled #MassMedia Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common. 7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity Fear of hostile foreign powers 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. Protection of #Corporate Power 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. Suppression of #Labor Power 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 #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.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 #CivilLiberties 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 #SmearCampaigns 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.This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA
(DIR) Post #AdbanlAHwEZ1AO24bA by wauz@mastodon.bayern
2024-01-07T14:31:23Z
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@DoomsdaysCWCompare this: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/dimitrov/works/1935/08_02.htm@LordCaramac
(DIR) Post #Adbp2oUVFkdDBTYmfo by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2024-01-07T17:10:54Z
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@wauz @LordCaramac Wow! So, pretty much, #capitaism is #fascism!"Fascism is not a form of state power 'standing above both classes -- the proletariat and the bourgeoisie,' as Otto Bauer, for instance, has asserted. It is not 'the revolt of the petty bourgeoisie which has captured the machinery of the state,' as the British Socialist Brailsford declares. No, fascism is not a power standing above class, nor government of the petty bourgeoisie or the lumpen-proletariat over finance capital. Fascism is the power of finance capital itself. It is the organization of terrorist vengeance against the working class and the revolutionary section of the peasantry and #intelligentsia. In foreign policy, fascism is #jingoism in its most brutal form, fomenting bestial hatred of other nations."This, the true character of fascism, must be particularly stressed because in a number of countries, under cover of social demagogy, fascism has managed to gain the following of the mass of the petty bourgeoisie that has been dislocated by the crisis, and even of certain sections of the most backward strata of the proletariat. These would never have supported fascism if they had understood its real character and its true nature." #Corporatism #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism
(DIR) Post #Adbp9GjZ9wLyW1gSga by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2024-01-07T17:12:05Z
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@wauz @LordCaramac "Fascism is a most ferocious attack by capital on the mass of the working people; Fascism is unbridled chauvinism and predatory war; Fascism is rabid reaction and counter-revolution; Fascism is the most vicious enemy of the working class and of all working people."
(DIR) Post #ArdiUyeJ6cfBfKXgCO by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-03-02T09:16:12Z
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@MatthewToadAgain > I suspect he'll drop that promise at some point; expansionism and military conquest is too great a draw for most authoritarian leadersI'm not sure that's true. Some dictators are expansionist, for sure (eg WW2 fascists, including Stalin). But others are too focused on suppressing internal enemies to be much of a threat to their neighbours much (eg Pinochet, Suharto, Assad, Modi).@DoomsdaysCW @gwendolenau
(DIR) Post #Arf7kJxCrx7865ktQu by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-03-03T01:33:58Z
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(1/?)@MatthewToadAgain > he missed out on starting a war last time and may wish to fix that this timeAgain, I'm not convinced. Someone made the point that Drumpf's goal is not to be a President, but to use the presidency to carry out a thorough corporate raid on the federal government. That theory certainly matches his behaviour thus far.@DoomsdaysCW @gwendolenau
(DIR) Post #Arf8A0SRyg2pA0cK9o by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-03-03T01:38:38Z
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(2/2)US participation in wars - existing or new - requires work (ie serving as Commander-in-Chief), which pulls him away from focusing on the corporate raid. That's why - according to this theory - he's so keen to end the wars the US currently has a hand in (particularly Gaza and Ukraine), at all costs. The blustering threats against the countries you list could be interpreted as bluffs (a gambit common in negotiating business contract), attempts to win better trade terms for US corporations.