Fascism
Fascism is a form of authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and the economy that rose to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. The first fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I, before spreading to other European countries. Opposed to anarchism, capitalism, democracy, liberalism, and Marxism, fascism is placed on the far-right wing within the traditional left–right spectrum.
Most scholars place fascism on the far right of the political spectrum. Such scholarship focuses on its social conservatism and its authoritarian means of opposing egalitarianism. Roderick Stackelberg places fascism—including Nazism, which he says is "a radical variant of fascism"—on the political right by explaining: "The more a person deems absolute equality among all people to be a desirable condition, the further left he or she will be on the ideological spectrum. The more a person considers inequality to be unavoidable or even desirable, the further to the right he or she will be."
Fascism's origins are complex and include many seemingly contradictory viewpoints, ultimately centered on a mythos of national rebirth from decadence. Fascism was founded during World War I by Italian national syndicalists who drew upon both left-wing organizational tactics and right-wing political views. Italian Fascism gravitated to the right in the early 1920s. A major element of fascist ideology that has been deemed to be far right is its stated goal to promote the right of a supposedly superior people to dominate, while purging society of supposedly inferior elements.
In the 1920s, the Italian Fascists described their ideology as right-wing in the political program The Doctrine of Fascism, stating: "We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the 'right,' a fascist century." Mussolini stated that fascism's position on the political spectrum was not a serious issue for fascists: "Fascism, sitting on the right, could also have sat on the mountain of the center. ... These words in any case do not have a fixed and unchanged meaning: they do have a variable subject to location, time and spirit. We don't give a damn about these empty terminologies and we despise those who are terrorized by these words.". Many classify fascism as having a radical, revolutionary and leftist origin, but shifted to right wing as soon as most of the industries in this period where given to Italian monopolies to only invest in armament, leaving state run and nationalized industries in the past. Many classical followers felt betrayed and whoever pointed this out was killed though some argue that Italian Fascism returned at his origin with the Social Republic of Italy, his nowdays proponents classify it as a third position in the political spectrum.
The name "fascism" comes from the Etruscan symbol by the name of "fasces", which is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. This iconography meant to symbolize the common fascistic belief pervading their doctrine, that, in their belief, the citizenry of the nation, as vermin-like and unworthy as they are, are weak divided, but strong united under the banner, whether that banner be of state, nation, army, or really anything of the like, much like the tight-bound sticks of a fasces".
Conceptions
File:Italian Fascism.png Italian Fascism
Italian Fascism is the original fascist ideology, born from the writings and practices of Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini. We see it's historical practice by Benito Mussolini's parties: the National Fascist Party (PNF), which ruled the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 until 1943, and the Republican Fascist Party that lorded over the Italian Social Republic from 1943 to 1945. Italian Fascism is also seen with-in the post-war Italian Social Movement.
Neo-Fascism ![](//static.miraheze.org/polcompballwiki/3/37/Neonazi_ball.png)
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Neo-Fascism originates from the aftermath of World War II and the defeat of the Axis Powers. Neo-Fascism tends to believe that it's own nation is supieor to all others but is usually less associative with Totalitarianism but still holds the concepts of
Authoritarian Democracy.
Neo-Fascism is usually right to far-right politically, but still somewhat Corporatist economically. Neo-Fascism caries many ideals from
National Socialism
as it took concepts from the
Italian Social Republic (1944-1945).
The first major Neo-Fascist movement was the Italian Social Movement, which was dissolved in 1995. Some people associate Neo-Fascism with Francoism as the Fascist ideology continued to rule Spain up until 1975, which is decades after World War II ended. A more well known variation of Neo-Fascism is
Neo-Nazism which is the
National Socialist
version of Neo-Fascism.
Neo-Nazism tends to be more racist than generic Neo-Fascism is, but not as much as
National Socialism
is.
Neo-Fascism has gained recent popularity in Greece following the Great Recession and recent economic hardships in the country leading to creation of the political party Golden Dawn. In the
United States,
Neo-Nazism has seen a resurgence in power following the 2016 election of
Donald Trump
. A notable Neo-Fascist and
Neo-Nazi movement is the third version of the
Ku Klux Klan
, which evolved into Neo-Fascism and
Neo-Nazism after 1950 despite intially being
Neo-Confederate. Neo-Fascism also has it's roots in
Alt-Right.
Distinct Iterations of Fascism
National Socialism
Peronism
Showa Statism
Falangism
Esoteric Fascism
Legionarism
Francoism
Austrofascism
Salazarism
Fascism as a Pejorative
Red Fascism ![](//static.miraheze.org/polcompballwiki/b/be/Stalin.png)
Main article: Stalinism
The term 'Red Fascism' or 'Left-Wing Fascism' refers to the traits of Stalinism that could be considered
Totalitarian and Fascist. One major trait of Red Fascism that it carries from Fascism is
Anti-Capitalism. Red Fascism, being an offshoot of File:Marxlen.png Marxism–Leninism, is considered a communistic ideology and doesn't carry over
Corporatism or
Anti-Communism. Though, Red Fascism does carry over
Anti-Liberalism and, to an extent,
National Conservatism.
This term can sometimes (erroneously) refer to third positionist movements which emphasize more left-wing economics, such as Strasserism and
National Bolshevism.
Liberal Fascism ![](//static.miraheze.org/polcompballwiki/8/88/Liberal_Fascism.png)
The term 'Liberal Fascism' was coined 2008 by Jonah Goldberg who explained that Fascism and Social Liberalism had the same root. It only gained attention on the PCB Wiki after
MapOfFish LARPed as a Liberal Fascist and explained it as an ideology where
Liberalism and File:Progress.png Progressivism are enforced through
Totalitarianism. Liberal Fascism is often mistaken with
State Liberalism and
Reactionary Liberalism.
Social Fascism
The term "social fascism" is used by Stalinists to describe
Social Democracy, to make them look bad by making an analogy with a fascist 3rd position and social demoracy's "reformed capitalism".
Welfare Chauvinism can be considered a more literal interpretation of the term.
Beliefs
Ultranationalism
Ultranationalism is one of the tenets Fascist elements tend to agree on. They emphasize the importance of extreme devotion to one's own nation, state, or otherwise, without care to the individual. As such, Fascism could be easily argued to be a rather anti Individualist ideology, in fact extremely so, at least in vein of the greater society.
Economic Third Positionism ![](//static.miraheze.org/polcompballwiki/2/2d/Anticap.png)
Fascism, especially when taken through the lens of the more traditional sort, tend to despise both traditional markets & File:Marxlen.png Communism seeing both of them as degenerate, failures and denigrations to humanity. These corrupted ideal leads them to conclude that the only sound economic system is
Corporatism seeing as it as the only non-degenerate with no failures. Mind you, some more modern Fascistic elements have begun to lean toward
Marxist or
Capitalist (Sometimes mixes of
both
), however, generally Fascism is Corporatist economically.
Imperialism
It is common, though it not a rule, that Fascist ideals and nations tend to be imperialist in nature. For examples of this, we can look back the the Second World War, with the Fascist Italy taking over Ethiopia and Albania, and the Nazi Germany taking over most of Europe. These goals were bought on either by a concept of irredentism, commonly defined as reclaiming lost land to reach your nation's greatest extent, or expansionism, which is the the desire to gain more land. Sometimes both can be used as justification, like in Germany, where the idea of Lebensraum ran rampant.
Totalitarianism
Fascism favors having a totalitarian dictator that has complete control over the country, subjecting all people who oppose the dictator to prison time or execution.
Militarism
Fascist states like to build a large military, for national pride, 'honor', and a show of strength. They usually use the army to pursuit expansionist or Irredentist goals as spurred by
Imperialism.
Views on Race & Ethnicity
Many forms of Fascism, such as National Socialism, are heavily based around race and/or ethnicity, however, Classical or Italian Fascism (the original form of Fascism based solely on the ideas of Benito Mussolini) is not primarily focused on race or ethnicity, and instead is based more so around Cultural Nationalism and the ties that individuals have to the nation state.
Views on LGBT
More Classical varients of Fascism have very similar views on gays & most of LGBT+ Community to that of National Socialism, meaning that they often hold rather critical views of such people publicly as a way to attack progressve opponents, while allowing such relations secretly to loyalists.[1]
Criticism
Fascism is often seen as contradictory by both Leftists & Rightists because it hates both Liberalism & File:Marxlen.png Marxism-Leninism so most leftist claim that
Fascism is a
Capitalist ideology & many rightist claim that
Fascism is Leftist ideology, but neither of these are correct.
As many historians and political scientists have pointed out, because of its strong opposition to both Communism, Liberalism and Capitalism.
Stylistic Notes
- Italian
How to Draw
The flag of Fascism is just the flag of the National Fascist Party of Italy, a black flag with a fasces on it.
- Draw a ball with eyes
- Make it black/very dark gray
- Draw a bunch of brown lines and another brown line underneath
- Draw a grey axe head next to the lines
- On the sticks draw a rope holding the bundle together
- (Optional) Draw Mussolini's Fez
- Draw a black trapezoid with rounded edges
- On the fez draw a red blob
- On the blob draw a golden eagle standing on fasces
- On top of the fez put a red line
You're finished!
Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
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Dark Grey | #141414 | 20, 20, 20 | |
Brown | #cbab72 | 203, 171, 114 | |
Light Grey | #c4c4c4 | 196, 196, 196 |
Relationships
Friends
Imperialism - Friend from the Roman times.
Totalitarianism - My father who taught me how to govern the nation.
Corporatism - My beloved economic model.
Clerical Fascism - My religious son.
Monarcho-Fascism - My monarchist son, the good old-days of the Kingdom of Italy.
It's still a shame that the king backstabbed meEco-Fascism - My son who loves the environment.
National Syndicalism - Syndicates matter too (as long as they're within the state).
Falangism - My Spanish friend, you're welcome as ever.
Austrofascism - My Austrian friend, I think you should ally with Nazis although you both had different ideas, in the end Austrians are ethnically and culturally Germans too.
Authoritarian Conservatism - Pretty based, but be less reactionary and accept an alternate modernity.
Catholic Theocracy - I thank you a lot for supporting me and acknowledged me as il Duce d'Italia. But you can leave now.
Cultural Nationalism - Exalting my nation and my culture is essential for the strengthening of the country.
National Socialism - A bit skeptical of this pure race stuff, and you kinda ruined my name, but I can't deny our shared ideals and alliances.
You kinda scared me sometimes.Showa Statism - Based but poor Chinese and Koreans, they belong to important cultures too, respect them.
Welfare Chauvinism - Ensuring the people's welfare by means of unitary nationalism is one of my goals. Commies should stop acting like you being my social variant is a bad thing.
Futurism - I love your art! Also, thanks for helping me take Italy! But why are you a progressive?
Social Authoritarianism - Authpilled Succdem. Can be nice with some nationalism and conservatism there.
Chinese Blueshirtism - Based friend from the East.
Alt-Right - Modern online supporters.
Keynesianism - "Fascism entirely agrees with Mr. Maynard Keynes, despite the latter's prominent position as a Liberal. In fact, Mr. Keynes' excellent little book, The End of Laissez-Faire (1926) might, so far as it goes, serve as a useful introduction to fascist economics. There is scarcely anything to object to in it and there is much to applaud."[2]
Frenemies
Esoteric Fascism - Can you stop calling me a "christcuck"? And wtf is this Jewish souls business? And pls tone down the paganism.
Islamic Theocracy - I would support you if you promise your people doesn't massively come to my country.
They even gave me the title of "Protector of Islam"State Socialism - I'd support Bismarck's State Socialism but you are different from that previous one.
Anarcho-Fascism - Son, are you serious? How can you have "everything within the state" without a state?
National Bolshevism -
His c*mmie son. At least he has good social and cultural views.
Fourth Theory - Same as above, but good job at hating
liberals.
Republicanism - You inspired me in the last part of my regime but I still don't like your focus on liberty.
National Capitalism -
His c*ppie son. At least he has good social and cultural views.
Racial Nationalism - "Race! It is a feeling, not a reality; ninety-five percent, at least, is a feeling. Nothing can make me believe that biologically pure races currently exist."
Don't bring up my racial lawsReactionary Liberalism - Obsolete conservative bourgeoisie but at least is better than the rest of his family.
Stratocracy - You advised me to enter a war I couldn't win, then switched side, asshole! But then I wouldn't exist without you.
National Conservatism - You have good ideas but you're too moderate. Just embrace me already!
Strasserism - A great child of mine, but what's up with the socialism?
Neosocialism - Same discourse for the guy above
Dengism - If they keep comparing you to me then you shouldn't be that bad, right?
National Liberalism - Another obsolete bourgeois liberal, but thanks for your back up in the Risorgimento, A.K.A. the good old times.
Enemies
Marxism File:Marxlen.png - BIGGEST ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE!
Liberalism - Aren't you just
communism again?!
Democracy - Weak and degenerate system.
Kleptocracy - I wish I was successful in getting rid of you.
State Oriental Orthodoxy - We colonzied you, admit it and stop crying you n*gro orthodox scum.
Anti-Fascism - COME HERE IF YOU DARE MOTHERFUCKER!
- File:Soc.png Socialism - Degenerates who want to get rid of private ownership altogether and hate the nation, some based takes though, and I was once one of you.
Capitalism - Degenerates who want to make everything controlled by bankers who hate the nation, some based takes though.
Anarchism - All her children are degenerates, except for
Anarcho-Fascism.
Constitutional Monarchism - You're a traitor for surrendered to the Allies!
Anarcho-Communism - Pure degeneracy!
Be grateful I translated Kropotkin's degenerate works into my glorious language!Neoliberalism - Degenerate like the last one but a lot smarter
ngl managerialism is cool.LGBT Conservatism - Trans-Human Rights? More like TRASH-UMAN RIGHTS!
Anarcho-Pacifism - Blood alone moves the wheel of history.
Classical Liberalism - Obsolete and tends to degeneracy but we were temporarily allies to defeat File:Marxlen.png them.
Titoism - You maybe killed the majority of our supporters, but even though the Poglavnik could escape.
Supercapitalism - "At this stage, supercapitalism finds its inspiration and its justification in a utopia: the utopia of unlimited consumption. Supercapitalism's ideal is the standardization of the human race from the cradle to the grave. Supercapitalism wants all babies to be born exactly the same length so that the cradles can be standardized and all children persuaded to like the same toys. It wants all men to don the very same uniform, to read the same book, to have the same tastes in films, and to desire the same so-called labor-saving devices. This is not the result of caprice. It inheres in the logic of events, for only thus can supercapitalism make its plans."
Stalinism - Mean Georgian who keeps calling anything he disagrees with the moderate wing of me!
Marxist Feminism - You have two options: 1 - You get back to the kitchen. 2 - You get killed. The choice is yours.
Kemalism - You should have listened to Recep Peker. Also, you are anti-imperialist and progressive.
Social Democracy - Democracy?? Human rights??? Progressivism???? Free market and welfarism????? CRINGE!!
Nordic Model - Same as the above but even worse due to lax immigration control and multiculturalism.
Ba'athism - While we have a lot in common, you're still an anti-imperialist and an obstacle to the restoration of the Roman empire!
Further Information
Wikipedia
- Fascism
- Neo-fascism
- Sansepolcrismo
- Palingenetic Ultranationalism
- Fascist syndicalism
- Benito Mussolini
- Fasces of Revolutionary Action
- Italian Fasces of Combat
- National Fascist Party
- Republican Fascist Party
- Economy of Italy under fascism
- Vital Space
- Italian Social Republic
- Italian Social Movement
People
Note: Notable fascists and people inspired by fascism. Includes people that adhere to various far-right, third-position, and anti-democratic ideologies.
Western Europe
Giovanni Gentile (1875-1944)
Italy
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945)
Italy
Emilio De Bono (1866-1944)
Italy
Alberto de' Stefani (1879-1969)
Italy
Nicola Bombacci (1879-King-1945),
Italy
Augusto De Marsanich (1893-1973)
Italy
Julius Evola (1898-1974)
Italy
Stefano Delle Chiaie (1936-2019)
Italy
Giorgio Almirante (1914-1988)
Italy
Licio Gelli (1919-2015)
Italy
Philippe Pétain (1856-1951)
France
Oswald Mosley (1896–1980)
UK
Diana Mitford (1910–2003)
UK
Unity Mitford (1914–1948)
UK
Nesta Webster (1876–1960)
UK
Engelbert Dolfuss (1892-1934)
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg (1897-1977)
Austria
Anton Drexler (1884-1942)
Germany
Carl Schmitt (1888-1985)
Germany
Gregor Strasser (1892-1934)
Germany
Otto Strasser (1897-1974)
Germany
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
Austria/
Germany
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945)
Germany
Hermann Göring (1893-1946)
Germany
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945)
Germany
Klaus Barbie (1913-1991)
Germany
Heinrich Müller (1904-1942)
Germany
Reinard Heydrich (1904-1942)
Germany
Erich Koch (1896-1986)
Germany
Oskar Dirlewanger (1895-1945)
Germany
Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962)
Germany
Fritz Thyssen (1873-1951)
Germany
Otto von Bolschwing (1909-1982)
Germany
Josef Mengele (1911-1979)
Germany
Herta Oberheuser (1911-1978)
Germany
Alexander Löhr (1885-1947)
Austria
August Meyszner (1886-1947)
Germany
Hinrich Lohse (1896-1964)
Germany
Ludwig Müller (1883-1945)
Germany
Amon Goeth (1908-1946)
Austria
Adolf Heusinger (1897-1982)
Germany
Franz Halder (1884-1972)
Germany
Hasso von Manteuffel (1897-1978)
Germany
Albert Schenz (1911-2007)
Germany
Léon Degrelle (1906-1994)
Belgium
Anton Mussert (1894-1946)
Netherlands
Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945),
Norway
Søren Kam (1921-2015),
Denmark
Kai Henning Bothildsen Nielsen (1919-1947),
Denmark
Per Engdahl (1909-1994)
Sweden
Konrad Hallgren (1891-1962)
Sweden
Lauri Törni (1884-1936)
Finland
Vihtori Kosola (1884-1936)
Finland
Elias Simojiki (1899-1940)
Finland
José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903-1936)
Spain
Francisco Franco (1892-1975)
Spain
Colin Jordan (1923-2009)
UK
John Tyndall (1934-2005)
UK
Nick Griffin (1959-)
UK
Anders Behring Breivik (1979-)
Norway
Simon Lindberg (1983-)
Sweden
Eastern Europe ![](//static.miraheze.org/polcompballwiki/5/5b/PanSlav.png)
Ivan Ilyin (1883-1954)
Russia
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Croatia
Slavko Kvaternik (1878-1947)
Croatia
Savitri Devi Mukherji (1905-1982)
France/
Greece
Aleksandras Lileikis (1907-2000)
Lithuania
Bolesław Piasecki (1915-1979)
Poland
Jan Mosdorf (1904-1943)
Poland
Gyula Gömbös (1886-1936)
Hungary
Ferenc Szálasi (1897-1946)
Hungary
Jozef Tiso (1887-1947)
Slovakia
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899-1938)
Romania
Ion Antonescu (1882-1946)
Romania
Horia Sima (1906-1993)
Romania
Milan Nedić (1878-1946)
Serbia
Dimitrije Ljotić (1891-1945)
Serbia
Kosta Mušicki (1897-1946)
Serbia
Sekula Drljević (1884-1945)
Montenegro
Bronislav Kaminski (1899-1944)
Russia
Andrey Vlasov (1901-1946)
Russia
Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907-1946)
Russia
Mykola Lebed (1909-1998)
Ukraine
Alexander Belev (1898-1944)
Bulgaria
Nikolaos Michaloliakos (1957-)
Greece
Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946-2022)
Russia
Alexander Barkashov (1953-)
Russia
Andriy Biletsky (1979-)
Ukraine
Dmitry Utkin (1970-)
Russia
Asia/
Oceania
Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989)
Japan
Hideki Tōjō (1884-1948)
Japan
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887-1990)
Japan
Fumimaro Konoe (1891-1945)
Japan
Masahiko Amakasu (1891-1945)
Japan
Kenji Doihara (1883-1948)
Japan
Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880-1946)
Japan
Masanobu Tsuji (1901-?)
Japan
Shirō Ishii (1892-1959)
Japan
Yasuji Okamaura (1884-1966)
Japan
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)
Japan
Koichi Tsukamoto (1920-1998)
Japan
Puyi (1906-1967)
Manchukuo
Yoshiko Kawashima (1907-1948)
Manchukuo
Dai Li (1897-1946)
Republic of China
Wang Jingwei (1883-1944)
Republic of China
Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897-1964)
Thailand
Naturam Godse (1910-1949)
India
Thanom Kittikachorn (1911-2004)
Thailand
Hasan Mahsum (1964-2003),
China
Ariunbold Altankhuum (?-),
Mongolia
Brenton Tarrant (1990-)
Australia
Rienthong Nanna (?-),
Thailand
MENA
Haj Amin al-Husseini (1890s-1974)
Palestine
Ahmed Hussein (1911-1982),
Egypt
Davud Monshizadeh (1915-1989)
Iran
Alparslan Türkeş (1917-1997)
Turkey
Abdullah Çatlı (1956-1996),
Turkey
Recep Peker (1889-1950)
Turkey
Americas
Plínio Salgado (1895-1975)
Brazil
José Félix Uriburu (1868-1932)
Argentina
George Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967)
USA
William Luther Pierce (1933-2002)
USA
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
Dominican Republic
Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1882-1966)
El Salvador
Luis A. Flores (1899-1969)
Peru
Michael Kast (1924-2014)
Germany/
Chile
Juan Péron (1895-1974)
Argentina
William Dudley Pelley (1890-1965)
USA
Francois Duvalier (1907-1971)
Haiti
Alfredo Stroessner (1912 - 2006)
Paraguay
Jorge Rafael Videla (1925 - 2013),
Argentina
Jose Lopez Rega (1916-1989)
Argentina
Robert Jay Matthews (1953-1984)
USA
Miguel Serrano (1917-2009)
Chile
Richard Butler (1918-2004)
USA
David Duke (1950-)
USA
Don Black (1953-)
USA
James Nolan Mason (1952)
USA
Gavin McInnes (1970-)
Canada
Richard B. Spencer (1978-)
USA
Mike Enoch (1977-)
USA
Patrick Wood Crusius (1998-)
USA
Nick Fuentes (1998-)
USA
Felix Lace "Black Pigeon Speaks" (?-)
Canada
Africa
Siegfried "Kongo-Müller" (1920-1983)
Germany/
South Africa
Johannes Van Rensburg (1898-1966)
South Africa
Franciso Macias Nguema (1924-1979)
Equatorial Guinea
Idi Amin (1925-2003)
Uganda
Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997)
Zaire/
Democratic Republic of Congo
Théoneste Bagosora (1941-2021)
Rwanda
Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941-2010)
South Africa
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