FA S C I S M

Ismael Kadilo

What is fascism? The Google dictionary defines fascism as an authoritarian and

nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization (Google dictionary). What
did we learn about fascism in our class?(asking these questions is a bit odd, maybe the first one
is okay, but the second one here does not flow well-just state your ideas) Before fascism start
existing we had movement like liberalism, socialism, conservatism in the 19 th century. As we see
today, they have been people who were against globalism, against modernity, against the idea of
progress, and against individual freedom since the 19 th century. The idea of revolt created
Fascism (Sternhell, 1987Zeev). What made Tthe fascists movement to roise, was because of the
weakness of the economy, .Tthe Great Depression specifically weakened countries, people were
susceptible to demagogues, they needed jobs and the industrialization hurt lower middle classes,
such as the shopkeepers, small business, farmers, etc. put next sentence up on this line
The Russian Revolution were also one of the reasons of the rises of socialism. Big businesses
supported fascism to a noticeable degree to protect their power and wealth (these last two
sentences dont flow well(Cole, Robert).
It is really difficult to analyze fascism because of it lacks of rational and consistent core.
Their main point is to have Strength through Unity.(put next line up here)
The fascists are opposed to many coherent ideologies view of the world, based on what they
believe, universal reason, natural goodness, progress, human liberation from superstition and
irrationalism. The Ffascism destroyed many ideas of globalism by breaking down legacies of
enlightenment but wanted to replace it with a new order. Their belief come first (Heywood,
Andrew).
The fascist movements developed the idea of life is struggle, and you are going to be
considered strong if you are good, and weak if you are bad. They rejected equality, and are

patriarchal. They only have three categories, the leader, the warrior elites (all male). The massesweak and ignorant. The leader is the guiding principle of the fascist state, he must inspire loyalty,
emotional dependence of others. He makes society aware of its destiny, transforms masses into
unified, irresistible force. The fascist movements use the masses (Godfried, Nathan).
At the beginning of their reign, Mussolini and Hitler portrayed their ideas as forms of
socialism. Mussolini used to be an important member of the Italian Socialist party, and the Nazis
espoused a national socialism. We are concerned now about socialism, which have many things
in common, such as the support for small peasantry, small shop owner, they both support the
state involvement in economy, supported regulation of big business, and they want to put the
community above the individual and dislike for materialism of capitalism. However, they are
major more differences between the two(if you state that there are differences then mention them
here, if you dont it leaves your reader hanging) (Heywood, Andrew).
Ultra-nationalism, (ultra-nationalism is NOT necessarily connected to race superiority)
the fascists most of the time have the idea of a race being superior to others. They establish
myths of past glory and need of national union to recapture this lost glory due to decadence of
modern society. With the unlimited authority of their leaders, they created some of the biggest
deaths in the world. We cannot say that all fascism is overt racialism or all racialists are
necessary fascists, but with their strong support of a nation, they can easily start condoning some
races. The race card has been used by the west since the 19th centuries, and we had movement
such as the KKK in the US who uses the bible for their justification. They oppose free market
economics and central planning. Business and labor are part of greater national whole. Is this
material from our text? If so, then CITE IT HERE)

Even though Germany and Italy were fascists, they were different in many ways. The
Nazis pushed ideal that Germans were in truth a peasant people, they wanted the glorification of
fold tradition and craft skills of German peoples, and they tied into the idea of Lebensraum
which called for territorial expansion to give room for Germans to live in uncrowded conditions
in Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, the Italian Fascists exalted industrialization and modernization
(BEN-GHIAT, RUTH).
Today, many argue that Fascism died with Hitler in 1945. However, there are modern
movements which incorporate some elements of Fascism, people in many major countries feel
like their government have abandon them by bringing people in need from poor countries, and
those people cause terrorism to the highest level we have never seen. Many even think that
globalization have been a big problem to the world because if we did not go to other countries to
try to impose them the Democracy of the West, we would have never been in the situation we are
in today. I think both sides are right, but we should never forget that Fascism as always been a
big problem to the world., Iit sounds good when you hear how proud people are of their
countries, but it has led to the most extreme situations we have been in the world(simplify
writing). We will end up seeing other countries and people inferior to us which led the Nazi to try
to establish a Greater Germany, the Italians invading Ethiopia, and the Japanese invading
China.

References
Google dictionary. (2013, November 24). Google. Retrieved from
https://www.google.com/#q=fascism
Sternhell, Zeev. "The 'Anti-Materialist' Revision of Marxism as an Aspect of the Rise of Fascist
Ideology." Journal of Contemporary History 22.3 (1987): 379-400. Web.
Cole, Robert. "The Other 'Phoney War': British Propaganda in Neutral Europe, SeptemberDecember 1939." Journal of Contemporary History 22.3 (1987): 455-79. Web.
Godfried, Nathan. "Economic Development and Regionalism: United States Foreign Relations in
the Middle East, 1942-5." Journal of Contemporary History 22.3 (1987): 481-500. Web.
Heywood, Andrew. (2012). Political Ideologies: An Introduction, 5th Edition
BEN-GHIAT, RUTH. Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945. U of California, 2001. Web.
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-you provided some nice content on Fascism, each main principles and related it to current times
-you have a few problems with content and organization, read my comments carefully
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