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9273cd No.2772

What is the philosophy of Fascism?

And is it in any way compatible with the liberal / egalitarian society we live in today?

9273cd No.2773

I'm not an expert on this but I recall that Mussolini was a very big fan of Nietzsche.

As for your second question, fascism is explicitly anti-liberal and anti-egalitarian so I would say no.


9273cd No.2774

Fascism is a composite idea, philosophically. Logically, it's first contention is that the individual is subsidiary to the state, as in the collective is something greater than the sum of its parts. Secondly, fascism holds that the purpose of the state is to protect the interests of a culture or ethnicity deemed ideal for the state.

Now, to answer your second question, yes and no. No for the United States, Canada, etc. Yes for the European states.

In Europe, since the World Wars, the borders have carved out nation-states with essentially one nationality within their borders. The last large poly-ethnic state, Yugoslavia, fell apart at the seams during the 90's due, predictably, to ethnic tensions. This makes Europe the prime breeding ground for fascist thought because each nation has a one-nationality identity with centuries of culture and tradition: ergo, exactly what a fascist government would want.

The United States, on the other hand, is completely incompatible. The society of the United States has, since it's inception, been fiercely individualist and demands no less than equality, individual freedom, and personal liberties. The idea of collectivism is abhorred as a relic of the Soviets & the Nazis, and the idea of one ethnicity being held as the ideal is contrary to the belief that most Americans hold, which is that an idealic society would see no differences based on race, nationality, gender, so on and so forth.

I hope this is a competent answer.


9273cd No.2796

>>2774

Maybe try to seal fascism on the Indian reservations? They're each composed of members hailing from the same tribe, exist in squalor, are subject to the whim of an alien power, are demonstrably pathetic in the listless course they are following, yearn for something greater when they aren't figuring out how to assimilate into America proper, etc.


9273cd No.2797

>>2796

*sell fascism, dammit


9273cd No.2806

>>2796

I think they are just too small for real fascism. Other than Navajo, reservations are all under 50,000.

What they need is good plain old fashioned nationalism.


9273cd No.2815

>>2806

They have nepotism.

They're little Israels dotting the country.


9273cd No.2821

>>2815

At least jews help one another out. Natives actively screw each other over. Reservations in this country are some of the shittiest most depressing places around.


9273cd No.2832

I've thought of fascism as a reaction to liberal values. It's rather counter-enlightenment, wouldn't you say?


9273cd No.2837


9273cd No.2846

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>>2774

>In Europe, since the World Wars, the borders have carved out nation-states with essentially one nationality within their borders.

This post is so American it hurts.


9273cd No.2858

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>>2773

>I'm not an expert on this but I recall that Mussolini was a very big fan of Nietzsche.

He was, indeed.

>Mussolini thought of himself as an intellectual. He read a great deal of political philosophy in French and German, and translated excerpts from Nietzsche, Schopenhauer and Kant. His favorites in European philosophy included Sorel, the Italian Futurists Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, French Socialist Gustave Hervé, and Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta.[28][29]

>Mussolini opposed egalitarianism. For instance Mussolini was influenced by Nietszche's anti-Christian ideas and negation of God's existence.[35] Mussolini saw Nietzsche as similar to Jean-Marie Guyau, who advocated a philosophy of action.[35] Mussolini's use of Nietzsche made him a highly unorthodox socialist, due to Nietzsche's promotion of elitism and anti-egalitarian views. Mussolini felt that socialism had faltered due to the failures of Marxist determinism and social democratic reformism, and believed that Nietzsche's ideas would strengthen socialism. While associated with socialism, Mussolini's writings eventually indicated that he had abandoned Marxism and egalitarianism in favor of Nietzsche's übermensch concept and anti-egalitarianism.[35]

>Mussolini was an admirer of Friedrich Nietzsche. According to Denis Mack Smith, "In Nietzsche he found justification for his crusade against the Christian virtues of humility, resignation, charity, and goodness."[169] He valued Nietzsche's concept of the superman, "The supreme egoist who defied both God and the masses, who despised egalitarianism and democracy, who believed in the weakest going to the wall and pushing them if they did not go fast enough."[169] On his 60th birthday, Mussolini received a gift from Hitler of a complete twenty-four volume set of the works of Nietzsche.[170]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini




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