Current Events > Is Fascism a rising threat in America?

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1. disbelief of all media that does not agree with one's worldview
2. distorted worldview where the privileged are under attack by the underprivileged and certain allies in the government (ex: "illegal immigrants get more welfare that I get paid" "they are trying to erase white people")
3. actual movements that have arisen like march to not have to be vaccinated which puts alot of these people with like views together allowing them network, encourage and radicalize each other more
4. These people don't understand enough about the world to realize what they become (saying stuff like vaccine mandates is nazi germany fascism; ironic)

It used to be the case that you could shun them back into their hidey holes, but now the internet has provided a platform for all of these clowns to congregate and pat each other on the back. Feels like every form of extremism is on the rise.

No

Here's a reading of an essay by Michael Parenti about American Fascism from 1996.

More relevant now than ever.

https://youtu.be/Yu6QTSnJbFs

Actual fascism or like, there are dumb people that disagree with my politics so they must be Nazis?

yes, because of Trump and all of his delusional cultists

do you believe storming the capitol is just disagreeing with a political view?

and violent anti-maskers?

Dude all of this has been talked about for years now and nothing happened then and nothing is gonna happen now people need to chill and ignore.

Being a moron does not mean you're a fascist.

No lol

and Distrust of the media is fascism now?

No lol

and Distrust of the media is fascism now?

People needs to calm down and play video games dammit.

People needs to calm down and play video games dammit.

People needs to calm down and play video games dammit.

1. "The Cult of Tradition", characterized by cultural syncretism, even at the risk of internal contradiction. When all truth has already been revealed by Tradition, no new learning can occur, only further interpretation and refinement.
2. "The Rejection of modernism", which views the rationalistic development of Western culture since the Enlightenment as a descent into depravity. Eco distinguishes this from a rejection of superficial technological advancement, as many fascist regimes cite their industrial potency as proof of the vitality of their system.
3. "The Cult of Action for Action's Sake", which dictates that action is of value in itself, and should be taken without intellectual reflection. This, says Eco, is connected with anti-intellectualism and irrationalism, and often manifests in attacks on modern culture and science.
4. "Disagreement Is Treason" Fascism devalues intellectual discourse and critical reasoning as barriers to action, as well as out of fear that such analysis will expose the contradictions embodied in a syncretistic faith.
5. "Fear of Difference", which fascism seeks to exploit and exacerbate, often in the form of racism or an appeal against foreigners and immigrants.
6. "Appeal to a Frustrated Middle Class", fearing economic pressure from the demands and aspirations of lower social groups.
7. "Obsession with a Plot" and the hyping-up of an enemy threat. This often combines an appeal to xenophobia with a fear of disloyalty and sabotage from marginalized groups living within the society (such as the German elite's 'fear' of the 1930s Jewish populace's businesses and well-doings; see also antisemitism). Eco also cites Pat Robertson's book The New World Order as a prominent example of a plot obsession.
8. Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as "at the same time too strong and too weak." On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will.
9. "Pacifism is Trafficking with the Enemy" because "Life is Permanent Warfare" there must always be an enemy to fight. Both fascist Germany under Hitler and Italy under Mussolini worked first to organize and clean up their respective countries and then build the war machines that they later intended to and did use, despite Germany being under restrictions of the Versailles treaty to not build a military force. This principle leads to a fundamental contradiction within fascism: the incompatibility of ultimate triumph with perpetual war.
10. "Contempt for the Weak", which is uncomfortably married to a chauvinistic popular elitism, in which every member of society is superior to outsiders by virtue of belonging to the in-group. Eco sees in these attitudes the root of a deep tension in the fundamentally hierarchical structure of fascist polities, as they encourage leaders to despise their underlings, up to the ultimate Leader who holds the whole country in contempt for having allowed him to overtake it by force.
11. "Everybody is Educated to Become a Hero", which leads to the embrace of a cult of death. As Eco observes, "[t]he Ur-Fascist hero is impatient to die. In his impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death."
12. "Machismo", which sublimates the difficult work of permanent war and heroism into the sexual sphere. Fascists thus hold "both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality."
13. "Selective Populism" The People, conceived monolithically, have a Common Will, distinct from and superior to the viewpoint of any individual. As no mass of people can ever be truly unanimous, the Leader holds himself out as the interpreter of the popular will (though truly he dictates it). Fascists use this concept to delegitimize democratic institutions they accuse of "no longer represent[ing] the Voice of the People."
14. "Newspeak" Fascism employs and promotes an impoverished vocabulary in order to limit critical reasoning.

Actual fascism or like, there are dumb people that disagree with my politics so they must be Nazis?

Being a moron does not mean you're a fascist.

Fascism is always a threat, and must be stamped out wherever it starts to burn.

So guess Trump is winning then? Electing Biden didn't help you folks at all.

No, turn off the news and go for a walk.

Actual fascism or like, there are dumb people that disagree with my politics so they must be Nazis?

Dude all of this has been talked about for years now and nothing happened then and nothing is gonna happen now people need to chill and ignore.

No, turn off the news and go for a walk.

We've only had a real democracy since 1965 after the Voting Rights Act. There are elements that want us to have an authoritarian government and have been baking that cake for 50 years, Trump just gave them a reason to go full mask off.

The Republicans are a white nationalist party masquerading as a governing party. They see the demographic future on the horizon and are trying to cement white minority rule by picking away at the Voting Rights Act until it's a husk and make the process of voting arduous.

Homegrown facism getting a serious hold is not out the question. We are one election cycle away from seizing permanent one party rule and rendering elections moot.

So guess Trump is winning then? Electing Biden didn't help you folks at all.