Truth about "Fascism"

[renard_ruse]

"Fascism" is constantly used as a political slur today. Its used to discredit anyone its aimed at as some sort of completely extreme beyond the pale hateful "racist" anti-this or anti-that horrible monster. No difference is ever made between "fascist" and Nazi and the two terms are used interchangeably as political slurs.

Yet, there were vast differences between Fascism and Nazism. While Italian Fascism was certainly statist and authoritarian, it was not as extreme as many believe today and no where in the same league as Nazism or Communism (and Nazism was actually no where as bad as Communism in terms of totals numbers murdered). While Nazism murdered millions and Communism murdered tens of millions, Italian Fascists didn't murder that many at all, less than the French Revolution and less than the British Empire in its history.

From Wikipedia:

...American journalist H. R. Knickerbocker wrote in 1941 "Mussolini's Fascist state is the least terroristic of the three totalitarian states. The terror is so mild in comparison with the Soviet or Nazi varieties, that it almost fails to qualify as terroristic at all." As example he described an Italian journalist friend who refused to become a Fascist. He was fired from his newspaper and put under 24-hour surveillance, but otherwise not harassed; his employment contract was settled for a lump sum and he was allowed to work for the foreign press. Knickerbocker contrasted his treatment with the inevitable torture and execution under Stalin or Hitler, and stated "you have a fair idea of the comparative mildness of the Italian kind of totalitarianism

 

[renard_ruse]

Fascist views of the Jews varied, and there were Jewish members of the Party through most of its history. There were prominent pro-Jewish members of the Party in its upper echelons.

While Mussolini was personally anti-Semitic (not unusual among European Christians at the time), the Party itself was not particularly anti-Semitic until the late 1930s under influence of Hitler and the pressure from Germany. In fact, publically, the Party defended Jews as capable of being good Italians until the last few years. It even offered to help create a Zionist homeland in Ethiopia, but was rebuffed by Jews who would only settle for a homeland in the Holy Land.

Mussolini's public attitudes toward Jews worsened only after most Italians Jews gave lukewarm support for the War in Ethiopia. This incensed Mussolini but still there were Jews in the Party after this time.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I've studied fascism since I was in fascist Spain back in 1970.

Fascism is PRAGMATIC SOCIALISM. COMMUNISM is IDEOLOGICAL SOCIALISM. Fascism always replaces ideological socialism because fascists are socialists who get their act together with priorities and discipline. Fascism works, communism shouts.

In Spain a woman was perfectly safe to walk the streets alone without trouble. The police provided security for the prostitutes when they worked at the designated brothels. Trouble wasn't tolerated.

If Ford sold cars in Spain it hadda make the cars in Spain.

Education was free and funded by lotteries. The medical school at my city was almost free.

Life's essentials were plentiful and cheap. But you couldn't show your ass out on the street, No riots or protests or marching. No street walking.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Jews are interesting. Israel is a fascist society of pragmatic socialists. Jews most other places are ideological socialists.