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Don't you know that the definition of Fascism is, modern political ideology that seeks to regenerate the social, economic, and cultural life of a country by basing it on a heightened sense of national belonging or ethnic identity. Fascism rejects liberal ideas such as freedom and individual rights, and often presses for the destruction of elections, legislatures, and other elements of democracy. Despite the idealistic goals of fascism, attempts to build fascist societies have led to wars and persecutions that caused millions of deaths. As a result, fascism is strongly associated with right-wing fanaticism, racism, totalitarianism, and violence.
People wise up! Will everyone wake up and not take what they see on the web as truth? Will our citizens of the USA learn their history and investigate all things that sound suspiciously opposite all the standards we support to continue as a free and independant people comprising the great nation of America?

2007-03-16 09:57:36 · 5 answers · asked by Faerie loue 5 in Politics & Government Politics

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Facism and Communism are two sides of the same coin. The extreme right and the extreme left are virtually the same in the long run.
Facism usually involves an extreme loyalty to a dictator figure, with intense nationalistic overtones. The military dictators in Myanmar, North Korea and Iran are examples of Facism.
Communism involves extreme loyalty to an ideology, the ideology of Marx in particular. The former Soviet Union and China are examples of Communism.
Communism and Facism both result in a suppression of free speech and individual rights. Starvation, genocide, and gulag style mass imprisonment result from these governing styles. The killing is "justified" by the idealism of "a higher cause". This is similar to the way Jihad terrorists feel "justified" for purposefully killing civilians because it is for "a higher cause". Hundreds of millions of ordinary people have been killed by Fascist and Communist style regimes.
For the people who read conspiracy theories on the internet, OMG, wake up. The US is not anywhere close to being fascist in any sense of the word. The web fear mongers have no idea what real oppression is, because they are all just kids who have grown up with unfettered freedom and privilege and have not seen the world.
If you think the US is fascist, ask yourself these questions: 1)do you feel so afraid to criticize the government that you can't risk saying anything? 2) do you know anyone who has been sent to a "reformation through labor" style gulag for having political beliefs that are not mainstream? 3) do you think about who you need to bribe to get your food ration? 4) do leaders have unlimited, unelected terms of office?
If the answers are NO then wake up.

2007-03-16 10:13:23 · answer #1 · answered by greengo 7 · 1 1

Communism is not related to fascism. They are entirely independent.

Communism is an economic model, that says all property is owned by the govt. Communism can exist equally well in any govt form, from anarchy to democracy to fascism.

Fascism is a government model that suppressed individual liberties and requires conformity and compliance. But any economic model (including private ownership capitalism) can exist under a fascist regime.

The dictionary definition of fascism is a right-wing authoritarian hierarchical government, that is opposed to democracy or liberalism. That says nothing about the economic model that a fascist country may implement.

I have not seen any dictionary that defines fascism as inherently being based on ethnic identity, though one of the more famous examples (Nazi Germany) did use that as its rationale. Most fascist governments have been mostly based on religious ideology, the belief that one religion should be dominant over all others.

2007-03-16 10:02:45 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 5 2

youre confusing me. i look at it this way, whatever you might call a system communism or fascism is just a technicality,it all comes down to power of the leaders to trample on the common man. law of jungle ism is what prevails in the world. eat or be eaten.
What are high ideals and all without strength to enforce them? just plain talk. And who will see to it that the enforcers dont break the law themselves?

2007-03-16 10:04:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

I think you accidentally made a somewhat true statement,

Communism is in no way related to facism would have been a false statement. So the one you wrote is a lot more correct I think.
They are both lib ideologies.

Congrats.

2007-03-16 10:01:29 · answer #4 · answered by archangel72901 4 · 3 1

You're right.

2007-03-16 10:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 1 2

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