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Japan was never Fascist

• ravenstine 9y ago
  Care to explain? 1930s/40s Japan was an authoritarian nationalist regime. I don't see how they weren't fascist, but I'm open to being proven wrong.
  • krapp 9y ago
    Arguably, as Fascism was an actual political movement in Italy, Japan could no more have been considered Fascists than they could have been considere Nazis. They were Imperialists. However both 'fascist' and 'nazi' have commonly understood meanings beyond am affiliation with their respective political parties, so while datawarrior was technically correct (making them the best kind of correct) they were also being needlessly pedantic.
  • datawarrior 9y ago
    You should look up what Fascism actually is. Sad this has to be pointed out on HN. Really sad
    • mcguire 9y ago
      http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/
    • ravenstine 9y ago
      I'm sorry to disappoint you.