What's the difference between Fascism and Democracy?
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The DEMOCRACY *worries* about what the FASCISTS think of them...
900767
You have a pretty broad subject, to begin with. I did a search on Yahoo, Race and Democracy. http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Race+and+democracy&ei=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&fr=moz2\nA lot came up...if you pick through, you can piece together the kind of argument that best suits your persuasion, really. Be sure to substantiate your claims with good sources. Sorry, I can't be more specific, but race and democratic society can mean a lot for a lot of people. There is a site from South Africa, which might put a nice contrast to whatever country you are focusing on. Good luck. Remember, that this topic is subjective. That means that you can go in almost any direction if you have enough foundation to support your claims. Cheers!
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In the 20th Century the movement was almost always liberal in it's totalitarian governments.  The 20th Century had more Communist and Socialist Governments that were totalitarian Dictatorships.  The Major exception was the Fascists that were extreme to the right.  Both forms of government had the state as the owner of all property and business.  Both went about it in the same manner and on the political scale that would be placed in a circle the two would be right next to each other with moderate politics 180 degrees from them.  While this can be said to be true of both Fascist and Communist forms of government with your description you have to a letter described Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which was modeled after Hitler's Nazi Party.  I hope all of you can see the resemblance.
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Democracy (literally "rule by the people", from the Greek demos, "people," and kratos, "rule") is a form of government for a nation state, or for an organization in which all the citizens have an equal vote or voice in shaping policy or electing government officials. While the term democracy is often used in the context of a political state, the principles are also applicable to other bodies, such as universities, labor unions, public companies, or civic organizations.............enjoy just dont believe it actually exists!
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A democracy elects its government by popular vote.  A republic does not have a monarchy.\n\nUSA and India are both democracies and republics.  UK and Thailand are both democracies but not republics (as they both have monarchies).\n\nBurma (which calls itself Myanmar now) is a republic but not a democracy (the democratically elected government is under house arrest).  Nepal is neither a democracy nor a republic as it has an absolute monarch.  North Korea is a republic but not really a democracy (although it calls itself a democracy because people have to vote.  As North Koreans have only one candidate to choose from at election time, most people would not really regard this as a democracy.)
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Historically, Fascists are ultra-right-wing--see National Socialists in Germany under Hitler and Fascist under Musolinni in Italy in WWII and prior.  I can't speak for current ones in Russia--I'm not familiar with their politics.
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Communism is just a more extreme version of socialism.\n\nSocialist countries can have an element of democracy, the US, UK, France, Germany etc have socialist aspects.\n\nFor example, welfare, government subsidized healthcare, etc...\nbut still has capitalistic aspects where individuals own business and land.  The people vote on their leaders, ie democracy.\n\nCommunism on the other hand, usually involves total central planning, and is frequently controlled by dictators or a small group of people.  They decide what companies produce what.  They decide everything that will be done in the country.  They usually put down internal dissent with violence.  Communist countries are like North Korea, China prior to 2000 (still semi communist), the USSR before it collapsed.
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Democracy is the best of bad choices for government we have.For me, a benevolent dictatorship would be my choice. Democracy is too messy, takes too long to get going, or for people to understand, look at Iraq. Just too many disparate opinions have to be weighed for it to be effective. Sometimes, countries need a strong man{or woman} with a single vision. FDR and Lincoln come to mind in our history.
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Democracy is the best we've had so far.  I would like to see more direct democracy in the future.\n\nThe converse of democracy is a dictatorship.  There are many advantages to a dictatorship as well.  Countries with dictatorships essentially take a greater gamble.  A democracy will never vote in the best leader for a country, because the average IQ and political knowledge of a country is not great enough to make this decision.  A dictatorship with a perfect leader would enjoy a strong government for the leader's lifetime.\n\nThe problem with a dictatorship is that when a bad leader is in place, or when power gets the better of them, the country is stuck with them.\n\nKeep in mind that the most deadly dictator of our time, Hitler, was born out of a German democracy.  Now, Hitler never won more than 37% of the vote.  Somehow, the majority government fell and handed the power to him by default.  \n\nAll I can say is that we still have a lot to learn about what makes a great government system.\n\n\np.s...I agree with the comments about communism, but must mention that this is a separate issue from democracy.  A Democratic Communist state could theoretically exist, and it may just happen in the future.  Keep in mind that it may be much ado about nothing.  We call ourselves a Capitalist state, but are far from the true meaning of Capitalist.  All in all, we are a mild socialist state.   Likewise, a future Democracic Communist state would likely not be a true communist state, but simply a stronger form of socialist state.\n\nIe.,,,the possible futures of China or Russia.
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Your question is a little vague so I will approach it from the perspective of type of government.\n\nThe United States has never been a democratic form of government -- it has always been a republic.\n\nThe difference is that in a democracy the people have a direct vote.  In a republic, the citizens appoint (elect) individuals to represent them in office.\n\nOn the federal level our republic includes the president and both houses of congress.  On the state level, we have the state legislature and the governor.
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Democracy is better in any form or shape and like two sides of a coin has its goods and bad...............but you gotto believe in it, the fundamentals of democracy that is right to the people ..............\n\nand isnt corruption also there in any form of government.........think abt it ....
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quick craificaton: democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on what to have for lunch. that's why we have a democratic republic. anarchy is how most of us live anyway. i wouldn't live any differently if the state or the feds went away ty for the good question.
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The differences are as wide as chasms. The United States is a democracy that unilateraly invaded a repressive tyrrany. Nazi Germany, a repressive fascist state, invaded democracies across Europe, until they faced the full might of another repressive regime in the guise of the Soviet Union. The leaders of the respective countries also attained power very differently. Dubya Bush won the presidency through manipulation of voting system and media, especially in regards to the Florida controversy. He is perhaps one of the few presidents that has won without a popular mandate. Only 9/11 enabled Dubya to win a second term, as a society prefers familiarity over reality. Adolf Hitler, meanwhile, combined brutal thuggish tactics and playing the fears of industrialists and the middle classes against Communism, as well as the hardships of the Great Depression, to win the Chancellary. \nIn the end, the whole corrupt and debased character and structure of the Nazi regime proved a factor in its eventual downfall. The United States, currently a unilateralist, still maintains its strong democratic traditions, enabling the citizenry to practice their rights. Dubya Bush did abused the democratic system, and pulled the wool over everyones hat in the world. However, there are still enough checks and balances for Dubya to be remained in check. And most of all, the most starking difference between the United States invasion of Iraq, and Nazi Germany's rollup of France, was that the former would actually hand back power to the Iraqis, albeit will be heavily influenced for the next decade or so. Nazi Germany did not, and the Vichy monnicker of a state was blatantly nothing but an autonomous puppet state within greater Nazi Germany.
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Very good question.  As you know, there isn't any difference at all.  As a solider (freedom fighter) fighting for so-called democracy in Iraq, I kill an Iraqi insurgent.  In America (for the most part), I'm a hero, I'm right.  In Iraq (for the most part), I'm the devil, I'm the terrorist.  Yet, if you thought the destruction of the World trade Center was horrible, imagine living in the hell that is Iraq ever since U.S. Troops arrived.
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Democracy is people's government.
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Actually the Nazis had a socialist form of government.  Now I am not about to start comparing anyone to the Nazis and the atrocities they committed during WW2, but if you were going to compare the 2 major parties in the US, most people would say the Republicans are more capitalist and the Democrats are more socialist. Please post another question if you need a definition of socialism and capitalism, I will be glad to help educate you.
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We are still a democracy, but heading towards fascism. Fascism is the combining of corporations and government. And with have that to an extent now. Big pharma wrote the Medicare Bill, the banking and credit card industry wrote the Bankruptcy Bill and oil and energy companies wrote the Energy Bill.There is a revolving door between corporations, lobbying firms and government agencies. Corporations give millions in campaign donations to politicians and receive billions back in tax breaks or favorable bills. It's up to us...we the people... to take back OUR government!