You should not bad mouth fascism.
The Nazis and Italian "Fascists" were using "Fascism" as their sheep's clothing.
The real wolf beneath was diametrically opposed to the true meaning of fascism.
Just like the swastika (a good luck symbol from Asia) became a hated symbol, so was the term "Fascism" perverted by them.
First off, you should know the real meaning of Fascism and its source.
What is FASCISM?
FASCISM - any political or social ideology of the extreme right which relies on a combination of pseudo-religious attitudes and the brutal use of force for getting and keeping power.
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The major characteristics of "Fascism" :
* EXTREME RIGHT
* PSEUDO-RELIGIOUS
* BRUTAL
Let's consider the wing with which people are associated with, when speaking of political partisanship.
LEFT WING - the section of a political party, government or group that holds the most left or radical views.
- - - Webster's Dictionary
RIGHT WING - the section of a political party, government or group that holding the views of the Right.
- - - Webster's Dictionary
THE RIGHT - that section of a political party ... which associates itself with traditional authority or opinion and which in legislative bodies is seated traditionally to the right of the presiding officer.
- - - Webster's Dictionary
THE LEFT - that section of a political party ... which differs most from traditional authority or opinion and which in legislative bodies is seated traditionally to the left of the presiding officer.
- - - Webster's Dictionary
Is that clear?
Left = opposition to traditional authority
Right = support of traditional authority
True "Fascism" would have to be in support of "traditional" authority, using brutality and pseudo-religious behavior.
As we all know, the NAZIs (national socialists) and the Italian Fascists (who were also socialists), were anything but in support of "tradition". They were diametrically opposed to traditional authority in their respective nations.
The
Fasces, that bundle of sticks bound with an axehead was a symbol of strength through unity. That weak sticks become unbreakable, when united in effort. And the axehead symbolized the awesome power of that cooperation.
When you are indoctrinated to hate the fasces and fascism, without reason, you're really being taught to divide and be conquered, impotent to oppose the forces arrayed against you.
It may be politically incorrect to embrace the fasces, while opposing the extremes of brutality, but indoctrinated idiocy must be challenged.
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