what is bad about fascism?
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Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes.\n\nBritt found 14 defining characteristics common to each: \n\n1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism \n2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights \n3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause \n4. Supremacy of the Military \n5. Rampant Sexism \n6. Controlled Mass Media\n7. Obsession with National Security \n8. Religion and Government are Intertwined \n9. Corporate Power is Protected \n10. Labor Power is Suppressed \n11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts \n12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment \n13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption \n14. Fraudulent Elections \n\nYou can use almost any one of the above to discuss why fascism in bad. By the way, does this sound like a country you might be living in?
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"Fascism is on the march today in America. Millionaires are marching to the tune. It will come in this country unless a strong defense is set up by all liberal and progressive forces... A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government, and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany and Italy. Aboard ship a prominent executive of one of America's largest financial corporations told me point blank that if the progressive trend of the Roosevelt administration continued, he would be ready to take definite action to bring fascism to America."\nhttp://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/Fascism.html
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I'm not sure what the first one is, but I think the second one might be fascism
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depends on if you ask an economist or a sociologist.\n\nthe sociologist will probably say it is bad.\n\nThe economist will probably say it is a good thing.
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What extreme things are you talking about?\n\nEnding the killing of millions of unborn children?\nMaking people work for the money that they recieve from the govenment if they are able?\nThat allowing people to keep more of their hard earned money will make the economy grow because people will spend more if they have more?\n\nI am unsure of what you speak.  Let us reverse it:  Do you hardened Democrats really believe the extreme things that you say?  Fanaticism is bad for society.
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I notice people say the government is bad bad bad.  I think the government is only a symptom.   Afterall, government represents us, the people right?   So in saying the government is bad we are really saying we are bad.   Why do I say this?  Because we put them there, and they represent us.  \n\nYes,  the government spends boatloads of money on "Pork".  There are lobbyest streaming out from under every rock and toilet seat you can imagine trying to convince their congressman to finance their pet projects, or enact legislation to help someone make a buck.   It's called politics baby!    Funny thing is,  people don't complain when the "PORK" is spent in their own communities.   They only gripe when they hear about the other guy getting it.   They dont complain when congress enacts a law restricting the "other guy",  but they whine all day long if it works against them.   \n\nRight, the government is NOT good.  But then again, neither are we.
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yes, what is bad in it?
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Dear thiscrossbear_lee,\n\nAn excellent question. But my, where to start? I guess this is my personal top three:\n\n1. Provocative and inflammatory tirades only thinly disguised as questions: "why can't Democrats/Republicans admit that they are all fascist baby-killers who eat their own excrement?"\n\n2. Rhetorical questions whose only purpose is to preach, vent, and gain approval for an ill-considered and primitive opinion: "does anyone else feel that immigrants are stinky scuzzballs who should all be kicked out of the country?"\n\n3. Questions with no hint of syntax, grammar or spelling in them which look to have been written by a drunk telegraphist afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome: "i tihnk mots moslums;; r fuck sutpid asshoels. who wantadisrtoy!  tihs cuntry, wat du u fucking al beli:ve."\n\nThe worst questions contain elements of all the points above. It seems that there is a frighteningly high number of people who are more interested in abusing others, preaching hatred or venting their petty angers than in the genuine acquisition of knowledge. This is the greatest shame in my opinion.\n\nHope this helped,
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The Chairman of the BNP British Nationalist Party Hhmm. Well  Facisim is on the march again judging by what is happening in Germany at the moment.\n\nSo be afraid and have no doubt that his not guilty verdit will make him a hero in the eyes of many in this country.\n\nBecause fascism is like a creeping vine, it can travel far and wide and if not controlled can smother the life blood out of rational thinking folk.\n\nHowever, I do not believe in restricting the freedom of speech, it's just that dick heads like him do not serve the cause well.
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1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism\n\nFascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.\n\n2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights \n\nBecause of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.\n\n3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause\n\nThe people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc. \n\n4. Supremacy of the Military\n\nEven when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.\n\n5. Rampant Sexism\n\nThe governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.\n\n6. Controlled Mass Media\n\nSometimes the media are directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media are indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.\n\n7. Obsession with National Security\n\nFear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.\n\n8. Religion and Government are Intertwined\n\nGovernments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.\n\n9. Corporate Power is Protected\n\nThe industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.\n\n10. Labor Power is Suppressed\n\nBecause the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed. \n\n11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts\n\nFascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.\n\n12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment\n\nUnder fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations\n\n13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption\n\nFascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders. \n\n14. Fraudulent Elections\n\nSometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries
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No, for the following reasons: (1) It is not pornographic (2) It is considered a classic of American literature (3) If there's one thing that American children need these days it is to read more and a book like The Catcher In The Rye is ideal to get teenagers reading.\n\nOnly a fascist society would ban a book like The Catcher In The Rye. Only a fascist society would want to suppress individuality to that extent. Has America become a fascist society?
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Anyone who has taken any type of Poly Sci class whatsoever should know that Hitler was a FASCIST.  This is on the RIGHT side of the spectrum, NOT the LEFT.  \n\nGet it straight!!! I don't care who you voted for!!\n\nStalin: Evil Communist (LEFT)\nHiter: Evil Fascist (RIGHT)
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Historically, bad economic times brings out the very worst in people. World War-II began after a very lengthy economic depression and hunger brought tyrants to power.\n\nThe coming commodities crunch - record prices for oil, copper, other important stuff; prices doubling for gold, silver, platinum - along with a Social Security System which now promises retirees NOTHING, is as good a harbinger as any of global war within very few years. That, plus dozens of nuclear-armed countries and terrorist groups.
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fascism means a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)\n\nmarxism means the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded by communism\n\ncommunism means  a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership...... a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
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Fascism and Communism both provide little political freedom, little economic freedom and little personal freedom.  Fascism and Communism are both statist ideologies (big government).  They differ in that the goal of Communism is economic equality and a rational state.  The goal of fascism is almost a populist government, but without the direct input.  It is populist in the sense that the state provides a paternalistic support, but opposition is quickly crushed.\n\nDemocracy is anti-statist in its pure form.  The state is the populace.  In the less pure forms, such as parliamentary governments or republics such as the US, the state is stronger than in popular control.  While democracy emphasizes political freedom, it does not necessarily grant economic or personal freedoms.  It also tends to support inequalities in certain dimensions.  Parliamentary democracies are closer to actual democracy than republics as the government survives only as long as it has popular support.
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Islam is not bad.\n\nAll religions have their extremists.  To say Islam is bad is like saying Christianity is bad because of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Extremes are bad. \nEmo and Goth kids are sickly.