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Fascism is an economic system based on government control of nominally private enterprises. If fascism is limited to the political regimes within a precise mom
by kevinpet 17y ago
Fascism is an economic system based on government control of nominally private enterprises.
If fascism is limited to the political regimes within a precise moment in history, we lose a useful term.
- _delirium 17y agoWe also lose a useful term if we define it that broadly, though. It's not only an economic system, but a complete political/economic system that comes with a set of aesthetics and a particular focus on nationalism, a strong state, and a strong leader. Just government control of nominally private enterprises is much more common than fascist regimes; it'd also include the UK in the heydey of the East India Company, modern-day China, and even to some extent modern-day France.
- msg 17y agoBerlusconi's Italy might also qualify.
- elblanco 17y agoThe problem with that definition is that it also defines rather well most available instances of Communist states. So are you saying Fascism=Communism? Or that those states are not exemplars of "real" Communism but are in fact exemplars of Fascism?
- brazzy 17y agoYou yourself demonstrate nicely that to many, the term is "useful" only as partisan political ammunition, for your "definition" excludes so many of the defining features of fascism (nationalism, authoritarianism, militarism) that it is completely meaningless.