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WarGamer

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7. Fascism... by definition... is no different than 1000's of years of human "culture"

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Sat Sep 24, 2022, 05:20 PM

Sep 2022

20th Century Italian "Fascism" is just "rinse and repeat" from the Roman Empire 2k years earlier. And ancient Greece before that.

In fact... I'd argue pretty much EVERY world power prior to the 17th Century was "fascist" by modern definition...

Hell even Trotsky claimed that Communism and Fascism, despite ideological differences were "symmetrical" .

Fascism is the overused word of the year for 2022... there's nothing new, unique or novel about it.

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I wonder how many "Americans" know what " Fascism" is, let alone know what it looks like? [View all] Stuart G Sep 2022 OP

It seems quite a few Americans missed a bit of high school. I think quite a few have RKP5637 Sep 2022 #1

Or spell it... LakeArenal Sep 2022 #2

T-R-U-M-P Mr.Bill Sep 2022 #3

Ah yes.... LakeArenal Sep 2022 #5

In my mind, not nearly enough. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2022 #4

Also, it seems quite a few Americans have never had a civics course, or have RKP5637 Sep 2022 #6

Fascism... by definition... is no different than 1000's of years of human "culture" WarGamer Sep 2022 #7

Fascism equals ..."Total Dictatorship" if that is what you are saying. But Hitler's "Fascism" Stuart G Sep 2022 #9

You mean like the Romans and Carthage? WarGamer Sep 2022 #10

Yes fascism started in Italy LeftInTX Sep 2022 #12

Mussolini wasn't a total dictator Kaleva Sep 2022 #17

I found it on Vimeo with English sub-titles - link below Cerridwen Sep 2022 #8

Watch entire film, Night and Fog, at post number 8, directly above this one Stuart G Sep 2022 #11

That was tough to watch, tougher than I thought it would be. secondwind Sep 2022 #13

Americans don't know what socialism is Alpeduez21 Sep 2022 #14

"Socialism"...we don't have any of that? do we? Stuart G Sep 2022 #16

Nazism is a subset of fascism and there are differences Kaleva Sep 2022 #15

when I was a kid, there were a lot of WWII movies(black and white) on tv. I usually caught them demigoddess Sep 2022 #18