what does fascist actually mean?

Question

some of my friends use it like a normal insult. but i asked and none of them know what it means. i just want a deffinition. no history lessons or nothing

Answer 1

it means face, like faceism, like the face is all the ism

Answer 2

Fascist Pronunciation

Answer 3

Fascism means a totalitarian government led by a dictator and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism, militarism and often racism. I think the word was first used to despite the Mussolini government in Italy during WWII. Fascist is just a description of a leader of a fascist government that meets the description above.

Answer 4

This quote doesn't define fascism (you have already been given answers about that). I like it and I thought I'd share it:

“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Hermann Goering

Answer 5

Fascism Pronunciation

Answer 6

there really isn't a universal consensus definition. Mussolini was one of the only people to ever refer to his own regime as fascist, so people are usually referring to someone else when they use the term, which makes the meaning a bit murky.

the word is derived from the term fasci, which is a basically a bundle of sticks (the symbol of which can be found on the walls of congress, and on the back of the US dime, oddly enough), and represents centralized power. a fascist society usually has a sense that their nationality is superior to others.

http://www.rense.com/general37/fascism.htm this is a list of the '14 defining characteristics of a fascist society' by dr lawrence britt. read it and see if it seems familiar.

Answer 7

Fascists are one type of statist. Statists, aka collectivists, subjugate the individual to the state. The individual person is a cog in the state machine. The difference between fascism and socialism is a difference in the ends to which you then use the people.

Answer 8

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
fas·cist /ˈfæʃɪst/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fash-ist] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
2.(often initial capital letter) a member of a fascist movement or party.
3.a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views.


Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
fas·cism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fash-iz-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.(sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
2.(sometimes initial capital letter) the philosophy, principles, or methods of fascism.
3.(initial capital letter) a fascist movement, esp. the one established by Mussolini in Italy 1922–43.

Answer 9

http://www.worldfuturefund.org/wffmaster/Reading/Germany/mussolini.htm
Click on this link for a chilling definition of what fascism means.
This is considered the classic treatise on what fascism is by Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator of Italy who teamed up with Hitler to form the Axis Power of World War II. It will give you a real feeling for it, as well as the details, and it is not very long. When you have read this, you will no longer be in doubt about what it means to use the word fascist, I assure you.

Answer 10

Fascism: Noun:
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator. Stringent socioeconomic controls. Suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship. A policy of belligerent nationalism and Racism. A radical political ideology that combines elements of corruption.
These two sites should help you come to your own conclusions!
http://www.bushflash.com/14.html

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm

Answer 11

Literally, Fascism is where the people own tools of production, but the government dictates policy to the businesses.

Communism is very similar, only the people don't own the tools of production.

Example of fascism? Smoking bans. With a smoking ban, private citizens own a bar, but government feels that the people are not smart enough to make their own decisions about health or selecting the right bar to patronize, so they take a perfectly legal activity and ban it. And how do they do it? They call a privately owned bar a 'public place'.

Folks, we are not that far away...