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Actually what separates fascism from other kinds of authoritarianism is what Roger Griffin dubbed "palingenetic ultranationalism" - where the fascist regime str
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
Actually what separates fascism from other kinds of authoritarianism is what Roger Griffin dubbed "palingenetic ultranationalism" - where the fascist regime strongly pushes a myth of national rebirth/reawakening from the prior "decadence", and usually lifts lot of historical motifs. Italy under Mussolini was crazed with promoting an image of the Roman Empire, for instance.
- weatherlight 11y agoFascism does indeed embrace irrationalism and the romanticized notion of some prior era deemed more favorable than the current one. As an American listening to the Presidential debates, all this talk of "Making America great again," and the recent waves of xenophobia sweeping the nation among other things, is a bit scary,.