The war of labels ......as seen above.
First of all I disagree with calling democrats fascists.....i think the more accurate description of them would be under the heading of Socialism/Marxism.
Fascism is very complex and the form it takes differs from country to country.
In the posts above we see many over-simplify the definition of it....I am not even sure it can be defined...it is a very broad political philosophy.
Mussolini and Hitler did not invent fascist
ideology. Indeed, fascism was neither a 20th-century creation nor a peculiarly Italian or German one. Originating in the 19th century, fascist ideas appeared in the works of writers from
France as well as
Austria, Germany, and Italy, including political theorists such as Theodor Fritsch, Paul Anton de Lagarde, Julius Langbehn, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels,
Joseph de Maistre,
Charles Maurras, and
Georges Sorel; scientists and philosophers such as
Johann Gottlieb Fichte,
Giovanni Gentile,
Gustave Le Bon,
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Vilfredo Pareto, Karl Vogt, and
Ernst Haeckel; historians and social thinkers such as
Joseph-Arthur, comte de Gobineau,
Hippolyte Taine, and
Heinrich von Treitschke; artists, writers, and journalists such as
Gabriele D’Annunzio,
Richard Wagner, Édouard Drumont,
Maurice Barrès, and Guido von List; and
conservative politicians such as Otto Böckel and
Adolf Stoecker.
Fascism - Totalitarianism, Nationalism, Authoritarianism: Mussolini and Hitler did not invent fascist ideology. Indeed, fascism is neither a 20th-century creation nor a peculiarly Italian or German one. Originating in the 19th century, fascist ideas appeared in the works of writers from France...
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