Does the following definition of fascism ring a bell here in the USA?

Question

What is Fascism?
Fascism is a form of extreme right-wing ideology that celebrates the nation or the race as an organic community transcending all other loyalties.
www.publiceye.org/eyes/whatfasc.html ·
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What about dictatorship and stringent controls, are these goals Dubbaya believes in?

Answer 1

“Fascism is the marriage of corporate power and the state.”

—Benito Mussolini

Answer 2

There are no fascists in the United States government.
First: Your definition is flawed. You are missing the fact that Fascism is also typified by totalitarian attempts to impose state control over all aspects of life: political, social, cultural, and economic. The fascist state regulates and controls (as opposed to nationalizing) the means of production. Fascism exalts the nation, state, or race as superior to the individuals, institutions, or groups composing it. No one in American politics even comes close to this. In fact, it could be argued that the United States has one of the least intrusive governments around.
Second: The claim that fascism is an extreme right wing ideology is incorrect (although I will concede that this point is frequently debated). Fascism was a reaction to the socialist and Marxist movements. This does not make it right or left (using the colloquial jargon of American politics). Generally, in the United States, the far right is libertarian/"conservative" in philosophy (the government should stick to its basic requirement of ensuring life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and stay out of the rest; let business and individuals take care of themselves).
Third: There is no doubt in my mind that in 2009 there will be a new president of the united states. This rules out any juvenile talk of a dictatorship.
I would suggest that your question merely reflects an extreme inability to think critically. Bush has screwed up a lot, but talk of dictatorships and fascism makes you sound so ridiculous that it leaves you in no place to be taken seriously.

Answer 3

Your definition, sans the right wing ideologies, sounds eerily familiar to patriotism and nationalism. I mean i see no difference between what you are saying, on a naitonla scale, than the loyalties of redsox or yankees fans, or ay sports teasm for that matter. Thay all have a fiath in their teams and an assurance of their superiority despite what statisdtics andactual game scores say. It all comes down to luck or bad playing an a certain, players part. In a sense these fans form an organic community, so arte thye fascitsts under the control of the baseball teams? i dont think so. The united states is bit fascist because it is still democratic. Sure there have been bad spots on the way forward, but democracy only works as well as the people and is tehrefore a constant work in progress.

Answer 4

to everyone, asker included: people don't see what they don't want to see. period.
i doubt any of the people answering lived through wwii, so they, too, haven't a clue what fascism in germany was like; therefore, they have no real basis to which they can compare it. and they will never see a correlation between today's administration and a fascist dictatorship of yesteryear. plus, if you're devoted to a particular party or subscribe to the whole 'lib vs. con' drivel, you will only believe what reinforces your current ideology. think of political platforms as a wheel, with liberal on one side and conservative on the other. but between these two sides are blended, less distinct areas of socialism, communism, fascism and the like. when you sway to far on either lib/con, you're bound to at least broach the other ideologies. it's finding a balance in governing that works. but, i am a strong believer that "anyone who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither."

Answer 5

Fascism:
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
Oppressive, dictatorial control.

Nope, not like Republicans at all. Though "Stringent socioeconomic controls" and "censorship" do sound a lot like todays Democratic party.

Answer 6

To quote another sentence in the article you sited, "Fascism is hostile to Marxism, liberalism, and conservatism, yet it borrows concepts and practices from all three."

Liberals want tight constraints on economic issues but little or no limits in personal life. The extremes are socialists of even communists.

Conservatives want little or no constraints on economic issues but have a tendency to "legislate morality."

Hitler was a fascist. He had total control over economic AND personal issues.

I am a bit of a libertarian. I want the government out of our economy AND out of our personal life.

Anyway, Bush is out of here in 2 years. So he couldn't achieve the goal of dictatorship, even if he tried!

Answer 7

Aren't you afraid the facists will hunt you down for disagreeing with them? Oh, wait that doesn't happen in this country. I can't believe how naive some people are to compare our country, where Michael Moore types are perfectly free to spew illegitimate, slanted propaganda at will without fearing for retribution, with a dictatorial regime like Mussilini's Italy, Hitler's Germany or (insert any Islamic Middle Eastern country's name here). Don't worry, in 2008 Bush will not seize absolute power and start killing those who disagree with him, Dick Cheney is not in a secret bunker listening in on Hillary Clinton's phone calls. You are being brainwashed by what normal people call the "lunatic fringe".
It is a free democracy we live in, get over it.

Answer 8

No, President Bush is in no way a fascist. He has made his mark from the beginning, even as Goverenor of Texas, by reaching across the aisle You have never seen real fascism.

Answer 9

see source
Sounds like democrats to me.
democrats/fascism same thing
Political correctness is suppression of thought and speech
Share the wealth communism/democrats

Answer 10

Does not ring a bell to me. I am an anarchist and I don't feel exploited just because a Republican is the president of my country.

I simply understand that in a Democratic society, certain factors cause governments to be more controlling of the taxpayer at certain times.

I prefer freewill, but understand that most human beings are ultimately too barbaric to live in harmony with one another.

Answer 11

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Do ya think just maybe they are a little biased?

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