Fascism and economics is one of the more complex aspects of fascism. The purpose of the nation’s economy, fascists agreed, was to serve the state. Economic power increased national power. How to make this happen most efficiently, however, was the question. Philosophically, fascism and capitalism had disagreements, at least on the surface. As I wrote […]
Month: December 2018
Comparing Fascism to Other Philosophies
It is now time for comparing fascism to other styles of government. With the bogus idea that fascism was a leftist political movement dispelled in the last post, let us examine the aspects of fascism that make it different from other political movements. I will do so by discussing the ways that it differed ideologically […]
Fascism is Not a Left-Wing Movement
In recent years I’ve seen a few attempts by some confused conservative commentators to reclassify fascism from a right-wing political movement to a left-wing one. In reality, fascism is not a left-wing movement. Actually, I shouldn’t call the commentators confused. They know exactly what they are trying to accomplish with this subterfuge. After discarding all […]
Fascism’s Characteristics
Recently, I’ve noticed that plenty of commentators in the press and in politics have found it fashionable to label political figures they do not like as fascists. One consequence is that the meaning of the word has morphed to the extent that many people have no real idea what fascism’s characteristics are. Most of us […]