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n.
1. often Fascism
1. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
2. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
2. Oppressive, dictatorial control.
The definition is rather vague. It is better to look at the history of fascism.
It is fitting that the name of an authoritarian political movement like Fascism, founded in 1919 by Benito Mussolini, should come from the name of a symbol of authority. The Italian name of the movement, fascismo, is derived from fascio, “bundle, (political) group.
Mussolini was the leader of the Italian Socialist party. They bumped him out, so he started a ‘new’ Socialist party. The Fascists. It is another form of Socialism. I’m using socialism as it was defined by it’s inventors, which is a condition where the party controls the means of production AND distribution. In doing so it indirectly controls the state. So whoever controls the party, controls the state, which makes it inevitable that ANY socialist government becomes a dictatorship. Historically, this is always what happens. Look at Chavez today.
Technically, socialism is the road to tyranny, since a tyrant is a despot that used a democratic system to seize power.
President Bush is NOT a Fascist. If he refuses to leave office this January, then he will be a tyrant. Still won’t be a fascist, since his government will NOT control the means of production and distribution. The US government DOES NOT practice censorship. It will try to keep it’s dirty little secrets, but that is NOT censorship.
The BDS sufferers think different but they are not rational actors.
