No, it's not. Fascism is not tied to right or left ideologies and can be imposed by either.
Should Fascism Sit on the Right…or Left?
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Wait, the article HAS that!?
So it is the very stupid version of the argument, then.
I think the author is a woman.
As for Eco, while I *love* the Ur-fascism article, I don't know if that's the definition I would lean on.
Someone like Paxton or maybe Griffin.
But the fact facism is difficult to define is true.
My personal opinion is that people who primarily self-identify as part of a group do so because they are weak individually.
Political Correctness Is...
Gathering together eleven ordinary men, to pick a fight with The Mighty Hercules.
Why post a definition (even a lazy web-based one) that is at odds with your supposed "gotcha" you then post about the left?
Kind of self-defeating, no?
Apparently the Merriam-Webster dictionary is "lazy web-based source" to you.
Definition of FASCISM
a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
For a contested political term?Apparently the Merriam-Webster dictionary is "lazy web-based source" to you.
Definition of FASCISM
a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe… See the full definition
Yes.
But that wasn't even the important part.
The Merriam-Webster definition highlights that it "exalts nation and often race above the individual".
And my point is that the Left sees each individual special interest minority group withinin their coalition to be akin to a race.
Such a good fascism satire movie (and so misunderstood by a large portion of its fanbase).
Oh this is the most common reason for the argument that Nazis were left wing.
Because of the presence of the word "socialism" lol.
I am not surprised at all that this article Skoob posted has this.
There is a lot of redefining for political reasons, and this might be another.
Eg, from the left, some feminists defined rape as "any sex you had that at any point you came to regret". From that they started to bandy about stats like 90% of women were raped.
On the right Fox ran lots of discussions about the dangers of socialism, but what they were describing was not socialism but in fact communism. So again, miseducating their viewers.
To try to move fascism around to make it seem...might be similar.
Eg, from the left, some feminists defined rape as "any sex you had that at any point you came to regret". From that they started to bandy about stats like 90% of women were raped.
On the right Fox ran lots of discussions about the dangers of socialism, but what they were describing was not socialism but in fact communism. So again, miseducating their viewers.
To try to move fascism around to make it seem...might be similar.
As others have mentioned, the notion that Nazi's were not right-wing because they had the word "socialist" in the name really need to come to terms that self-descirptions are not always true or accurate. Like Progressive Conservative, or how North Korea calls itself the The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or East Germany calling itself the German Democratic Republic). Not a huge amount of democracy in either of those two examples...
But, I get it, nobody wants to be compared to the Nazi's, who basically denied people due process and just deport them to prisons in other countries....Or try to restrict the free press and only providing info to "approved" news sources...
Let's face the fact; right-leaning folks don't like being called fascists, so they try to imply that Hitler was a socialist and left-leaning, despite all the evidence contrary to that. They just want to blame the left for all the issues, and pretend that the extreme right-wing are just angels who only do good for the world...
But, I get it, nobody wants to be compared to the Nazi's, who basically denied people due process and just deport them to prisons in other countries....Or try to restrict the free press and only providing info to "approved" news sources...
Let's face the fact; right-leaning folks don't like being called fascists, so they try to imply that Hitler was a socialist and left-leaning, despite all the evidence contrary to that. They just want to blame the left for all the issues, and pretend that the extreme right-wing are just angels who only do good for the world...
A woman once said to me "words can mean whatever you want them to". You can't argue with that illogic.
"...some feminists defined rape as "any sex you had that at any point you came to regret".
I think that was sexual assault, as opposed to rape, but for many people, the terms have identical meaning.
Fascism is most definitely far-right wing. There is no question about that. Hitler in fact hated Communism and Russia. Those are the facts. The issue is not about left or right but rather of authoritarianism vs libertarianism. Both Communism and Fascism are authoritarian and autocratic. Both are destructive.
The fascists sit on the Left for sure. Just look at them looting, burning, vandalizing, threatening, swatting and otherwise revelling in criminal activity of all sorts. The Nazis were "National Socialists," after all.
I am a little surprised, since I don't see it that often in the wild anymore since it is such a stupid argument.
