I am in the process of reading a book named: Fascism: Why Not Here. It was written by Brian E. Fogarty and it was published in 2009.
Here's one paragraph from the book: The Germans, for their part, looked to a strong leader with ready explanations for their troubles and simple, moralistic solutions to them. Hitler and the Nazis offered them all. They called their program National Socialism, and it combined the nationalist anger ofthe political Right with the socialist impulse for equality and unity of the Left. To these appeals it added something that Benito Mussolini had brought to Italyâa strong central government that was not master of the people but the servant of their unitary and revolutionary will (which, of course, had to be shaped and united by the government itself). It disdained democracy as obsolete, or at least unï¬t for Germans, who shared a deep common bond of culture, place, and blood. This sort ofpolitical regimeâuniting the Far Left and the Far Right under a radically activist government dedicated to the elevation ofa tyrannical majorityâfalls under the generic name of fascism. Here's another paragraph: There are two great difficulties in making an argument regarding fascist elements in American culture. The first is that the word âfascistâ is so in- flammatory that its very use immediately engages the wrong kind of res- ponse: that the speaker is simply against America and its ideals and seeks only to slander the country and its people. The second problem derives from the ï¬rst: the word's only utility is as a slur and it has no real meaning, in the way curse words lose their literal meanings. Hence, we have seen in recent years rampant misuse of the term, almost always to defame or dismiss some group or opposing point of view. One last one: Not every case of a government pushing its citizens around qualiï¬es as fascism. Rather, fascism is a particular form of totalitarianism, one that enlists the cit.izens themselves to cooperate in their own oppression. A fascist regimeâthe National Socialists are the model hereâis a genuine populist movement that derives its power from the people's yearning for nat.ional greatness, cultural purity, intense solidarity, and bold, authoritarian leadership to make it all happen. So, it seems that Fogarty is arguing that fascism is a blending of leftist governmental policies and the passions of the right. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354238 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
