(April 1, 2011 at 2:02 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: Fascism ( /ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a radical, authoritarian nationalist political ideology.[1][2] Fascists seek to organize a nation according to corporatist perspectives, values, and systems, including the political system and the economy.[3] They advocate the creation of a totalitarian single-party state that seeks the mass mobilization of a nation and the creation of an ideal "new man" to form a governing elite through indoctrination, physical education, and family policy including eugenics.[4] Fascists believe that a nation requires strong leadership, singular collective identity, and the will and ability to commit violence and wage war in order to keep the nation strong.[5] Fascist governments forbid and suppress opposition to the state.
Fascism is generally considered on the right side of the spectrum, or mostly on the extreme right side.
So.... I'm with the bold. Not so much with the rest
Granted, I have a complex definition for a strong leadership (read: there isn't rebellion or much dissent where such is present, and if it is being actively put down: it is clear it does not exist).I do not bold singular collective identity because we are stronger when we use our differences and specializations with synergy than we are when we are all equatable meat bodies capable of little different from one another.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
