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What is Fascism?

What is Fascism?

What is Fascism?

“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State” — Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Abstract from

What is Fascism?

Written: 1932 with Giovanni Gentile
First Published: 1932 Italian Encyclopedia
Online Version: Modern History SourceBook; MIA Reference Archive (marxists.org) 2000

“Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace. It thus repudiates the doctrine of Pacifism — born of a renunciation of the struggle and an act of cowardice in the face of sacrifice. War alone brings up to its highest tension all human energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have courage to meet it. All other trials are substitutes, which never really put men into the position where they have to make the great decision — the alternative of life or death….”

“…The Fascist accepts life and loves it, knowing nothing of and despising suicide: he rather conceives of life as duty and struggle and conquest, but above all for others — those who are at hand and those who are far distant, contemporaries, and those who will come after…”

“…Fascism [is] the complete opposite of…Marxian Socialism, the materialist conception of history of human civilization can be explained simply through the conflict of interests among the various social groups and by the change and development in the means and instruments of production…. Fascism, now and always, believes in holiness and in heroism; that is to say, in actions influenced by no economic motive, direct or indirect. And if the economic conception of history be denied, according to which theory men are no more than puppets, carried to and fro by the waves of chance, while the real directing forces are quite out of their control, it follows that the existence of an unchangeable and unchanging class-war is also denied — the natural progeny of the economic conception of history. And above all Fascism denies that class-war can be the preponderant force in the transformation of society….”

“After Socialism, Fascism combats the whole complex system of democratic ideology, and repudiates it, whether in its theoretical premises or in its practical application. Fascism denies that the majority, by the simple fact that it is a majority, can direct human society; it denies that numbers alone can govern by means of a periodical consultation, and it affirms the immutable, beneficial, and fruitful inequality of mankind, which can never be permanently leveled through the mere operation of a mechanical process such as universal suffrage….”

“…Fascism denies, in democracy, the absur[d] conventional untruth of political equality dressed out in the garb of collective irresponsibility, and the myth of “happiness” and indefinite progress….”

“…even that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority…a century of Fascism. For if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the State….”

“The foundation of Fascism is the conception of the State, its character, its duty, and its aim. Fascism conceives of the State as an absolute, in comparison with which all individuals or groups are relative, only to be conceived of in their relation to the State. The conception of the Liberal State is not that of a directing force, guiding the play and development, both material and spiritual, of a collective body, but merely a force limited to the function of recording results: on the other hand, the Fascist State is itself conscious and has itself a will and a personality — thus it may be called the “ethic” State….”

“…The Fascist State organizes the nation, but leaves a sufficient margin of liberty to the individual; the latter is deprived of all useless and possibly harmful freedom, but retains what is essential; the deciding power in this question cannot be the individual, but the State alone….”

“…For Fascism, the growth of empire, that is to say the expansion of the nation, is an essential manifestation of vitality, and its opposite a sign of decadence. Peoples which are rising, or rising again after a period of decadence, are always imperialist; and renunciation is a sign of decay and of death. Fascism is the doctrine best adapted to represent the tendencies and the aspirations of a people, like the people of Italy, who are rising again after many centuries of abasement and foreign servitude. But empire demands discipline, the coordination of all forces and a deeply felt sense of duty and sacrifice: this fact explains many aspects of the practical working of the regime, the character of many forces in the State, and the necessarily severe measures which must be taken against those who would oppose this spontaneous and inevitable movement of Italy in the twentieth century, and would oppose it by recalling the outworn ideology of the nineteenth century — repudiated wheresoever there has been the courage to undertake great experiments of social and political transformation; for never before has the nation stood more in need of authority, of direction and order. If every age has its own characteristic doctrine, there are a thousand signs which point to Fascism as the characteristic doctrine of our time. For if a doctrine must be a living thing, this is proved by the fact that Fascism has created a living faith; and that this faith is very powerful in the minds of men is demonstrated by those who have suffered and died for it.”

Alas, BEWARE:

1.”Everything in the state”. The Government is supreme and the country is all-encompassing, and all within it must conform to the ruling body, often a dictator.

2.”Nothing outside the state”. The country must grow and the implied goal of any fascist nation is to rule the world, and have every human submit to the government.

3.”Nothing against the state”. Any type of questioning the government is not to be tolerated. If you do not see things our way, you are wrong. If you do not agree with the government, you cannot be allowed to live and taint the minds of the rest of the good citizens.
The use of militarism was implied only as a means to accomplish one of the three above principles, mainly to keep the people and rest of the world in line. Fascist countries are known for their harmony and lack of internal strife. There are no conflicting parties or elections in fascist countries.

ULTIMATELY, A FASCIST GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL OF ALL MAIN-STREAM-MEDIA, SPIES ON YOU AND SEIZES ALL YOU FIREARMS. WAKE UP AMERICA! WE WERE HOODWINKED. OUR FREEDOMS HAVE BEEN SEIZED BY ‘CORPORATE FASCISM’.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AMERICA IS NOT A DEMOCRACY, NOR A REPUBLIC ANYMORE; AS WE HAVE DEGENERATED — INTO A CORPORATOCRACY. IN FACT, CURRENT EVENTS ARE DICTATED AND MANIPULATED DAILY — WORLD-WIDE; BY A MULTI-INTERNATIONAL CONGLOMERATE OF INTERCONNECTED CORPORATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR FAR TOO MANY YEARS? WHY? GREED — INTERNATIONAL POLICY, “ORGANIZED IRRESPONSIBILITY”, A ‘NEW WORLD ORDER’

TO LEARN ALL ABOUT THE NEW WORLD ORDER CLICK HERE!

IT IS THUS NECESSARY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD COME TO REALIZE THAT HIS OWN EGO IS OF NO IMPORTANCE IN COMPARISON WITH THE EXISTENCE OF HIS NATION; THAT THE POSITION OF THE INDIVIDUAL EGO IS CONDITIONED SOLELY BY THE INTERESTS OF THE NATION AS A WHOLE … THAT ABOVE ALL THE UNITY OF A NATION’S SPIRIT AND WILL ARE WORTH FAR MORE THAN THE FREEDOM OF THE SPIRIT AND WILL OF AN INDIVIDUAL. …. THIS STATE OF MIND, WHICH SUBORDINATES THE INTERESTS OF THE EGO TO THE CONSERVATION OF THE COMMUNITY, IS REALLY THE FIRST PREMISE FOR EVERY TRULY HUMAN CULTURE…. WE UNDERSTAND ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL’S CAPACITY TO MAKE SACRIFICES FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR HIS FELLOW MAN.”

ADOLPH HITLER, 1933 (1889–1945) GERMAN NAZI DICTATOR

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