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I think to better understand why people are attracted to Fascism it is better to read about the rise of Mussolini than about the rise of Nazism. Mussolini esse

I think to better understand why people are attracted to Fascism it is better to read about the rise of Mussolini than about the rise of Nazism. Mussolini essentially was going to make Italy "great again". He was a former socialist but not an internationalist. While communists promised economic justice, fascists promised a better prouder more powerful nation. Today you expect wealthy people to be economically liberal but in those days many were attracted by the premises of fascism. There also this classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICng-KRxXJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICng-KRxXJ8 A teacher creates a fascist movement to show his students how they can be duped into one.

fennecfoxen 11y ago
> Today you expect wealthy people to be economically liberal but in those days many were attracted by the premises of fascism. Oh, fascism can be great for the wealthy. Your company becomes an instrument of the state, turning your economic power into political power, and you don't need to worry about nonsense like Competition anymore.
- zipwitch 11y ago
  I've seen the term 'inverted totalitarianism' to describe how the US is in a similar, but different place to pre-WWII fascism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism