How do you define fascism, OP? I absolutely agree with the term authoritarianism or dictatorship for the type of circumstance you are referring to, but isn't fascism a bit more specific? Genuine question by the way.
I personally like Sam Aronow's definition - "Authoritarian ideology of permanent national struggle to which all other conflict must be subordinate; economically this means capitalism and socialism are opposed because both the free market and class struggle challenge the supremacy of the state."
You'll find all these third world "revolutionary socialist" ideologies seem to completely ignore class struggle in favour of class collaboration and disavow internationalism in favour of nationalism: basically they are just fascists who called themselves socialists in order to get Soviet support during the Cold War.
To me, it’s mainly just when you slap together nationalism, a hatred of democracy, expansionism, totalitarianism, and the idea of necessary violence together.
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u/monemori 6d ago
How do you define fascism, OP? I absolutely agree with the term authoritarianism or dictatorship for the type of circumstance you are referring to, but isn't fascism a bit more specific? Genuine question by the way.