CNN says Fascism is generally defined as a political movement that embraces far-right nationalism and the forceful suppression of any opposition, all overseen by an authoritarian government. Fascists strongly oppose Marxism, liberalism, and democracy, and believe the state takes precedence over individual interests.
Agree/Disagree or don’t care of what it means
Either way, don’t cry if people disagree with you, just feel warm knowing that no matter how low you go on this forum, that you’ll never succeed to my levels. I am a top-tier bottom baby! I’m the bottom totem holding them all!
The difference between an authoritarian state and a totalitarian state is easy to understand:
In an authoritarian state, the state wan ts to be obeyed and press any divergent political opinion.
In a totalitarian state, the state want that the citizen actively support it and its ideology. Moreover it wants to control every aspect of the life of the people, any of their thoughts. Read 1984 from Orwell to understand.
Moreover, a totalitarian state needs enemies and want to build a " new man". It means that the ones who don’t agree are depicted as enemies of the people and must be exterminated.
Nowadays, China is a totalitarian state or becoming one.
that’s the typology. Now it is true that, in our world and in history, some authoritarian states share some traits of totalitarian states.
I don’t use lightly the terms of fascism and totalitarianism.
Or maybe it’s just a way you see others that disagree with you. I’ve never voted Republican ever in my life and I’ve voted Democrat over half the time in my life, yet I’m sure you ASSUME that I’m some right-wing Nazi. I see you no different than any other extremist.
It’s pretty simple, those who see the extremes in others, are the extremes in themselves.
That can be true, in some cases, but not always. I beware of this sort of sentence apparently evident.
f I say that Stalin and Hitler supporters were extremists, that does not make me one of them .
All supporters of Trump are not extremists, but nowadays, many are. Independently, a white extremist is an extremist, a christian fundamentalist is an extremist in his opinions. That does not mean they are extremists in their behaviors and will be terrorists.
I get your point, and it was well taken, but I was referring to this on a more personal level. People like Hitler and Stalin are pretty easy to recognize as extreme figures by the majority of the population, but there was an old saying I heard 20+ odd years ago, “When you point at someone, you’re always having three fingers pointing back at you”. Back some 20+ years ago I had a supervisor that was going through his internship to becoming a Psychologist. I loved talking to the guy since I’ve always had an interest in understanding human nature. He threw this word at me, “Projective Identity” and from then on I became a little more self-aware of my actions, and the actions of others.
It brings back my point that the people who hold these extreme views are the extremes. I don’t think they’ll ever see it. You can’t put emotions above reasoning.