Comments by "Historia, Magistra Vitae" (@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.) on "Scenes From A Slow Civil War | Jeff Sharlet | TMR" video.

@Radjhitoocool "there was a huge American na zi movement and hitl er was inspired by our Jim Cr ow laws" Hit ler had nothing to do with your country and your laws. I dont' doubt that you had some N azi sympathizers back in the day, however it's not really a thing anymore.
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@timjkoala7556 : It is far-left. Go read some history.
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@rainbowkrampus : Nope. Try again.
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@Uncanny_Mountain : Everything I said is based on historical facts.
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"Fasc ism is complicated." No, not really. Fasc ism was a totalitarian far-left, socia list ideology based on national syndicalism. It was an outgrowth of Sorellian Syndicalism, which itself was an outgrowth from Marxist socialism. The idea was that society would be consolidated (i.e., incorporated) into syndicates (in the Italian context, fascio/fasci) which would be regulated by and serve as organs for the state, or "embody" the state (corpus = body). The purpose wasn't the promotion of private interest, but the centralization and synchronization of society under the state, as an end unto itself. To quote Mussolini's infamous aphorism: "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."
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@EricLeafericson "Because fas cists lie about their political beliefs." So do every soci alist, yet people still believe what M arx and Eng els said for example. 🤷‍♂
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@EricLeafericson "that fas cism defies normal understanding as a political movement." Well Pax ton was an idiot then, or doesn't understand W W2 politics. It's not hard to understand if you have studied history. It's not rocket science.
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@EricLeafericson " but sold out to private business interests." Wrong. He didn't. On the contrary, private businesses weren't even a thing in N azi Germany, since they nationalized most if not all of their industry, and later reorganized all industries into corporations run by members of the Na zi Party.
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@EricLeafericson "When Goebells confronted Hit ler about this, Hi tler casually admitted to lying and that was the end of it." Where? Source?
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@EricLeafericson "The absence of political ideology is an extremely important feature of fas cism," Wrong. Political ideology based on syndicalism (isnpired by Georges Sorel) and Hegelian philosophy was extremely important feature of fas cism.
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@EricLeafericson ", and it's totally absent in your description." Because it's not a thing. It doesn't exist.
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@EricLeafericson "are how fascism can only exist in a failed leftist state that breaks it's promises of soci alism" Except it didn't break such promise. Fascist Italy was de facto soci alist nation.
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@EricLeafericson " In these conditions, fas cism will side with cons ervative movements" Wrong. Fas cism was a nti-conserva tism, and pro revolution and progressiveness.
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@EricLeafericson "According to Paxto n, fasc ists have no political ideology beyond bigotry, ultra-natio nalism, author itarianism, and self-in terest." Well as I said, Pax ton is an idi ot who doesn't understand basic W W2 history then. Again, Fasci sm had a very specific political ideology based on Georges Sorel's 'national syndicalism' which they adapted and morphed into fasc ist syndicalism. On top of that, they also infused some Hegelian philosophy into it. There was literally a dedicated philosopher behind the fa scist ideology, called Giovanni Gentile.
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@pranays "what a low IQ comment fascis m is far ri ght wing by definition." Still wrong. Fascism was a totalitarian fa r-lef t, soci alist ideology based on national syndi calism. Neither soci alism nor syndica lism are right wing positions.
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@pranays "It is the combination of the corporate and police state." Wrong. It was a combination of syndicalism, collectivism, socia lism, statism and totalitarianism.
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@pranays "Mussolini himself called it super capitalism." Wrong. He didn't. Mussolini publicly denounced capitalism in the 1930s and also stated that Italy is not a capitalist country. On the contrary, Mussolini and other syndicalist theoreticians said, that Fasc ism would be “the socia lism of ‘proletarian nations."
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@waterandafter : Nope. Fasci sm has not been a thing since the W W2. Stop using words that you do not understand.
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@waterandafter "Fa scism is not only a Na zi party thing." Fasci sm and Nazi sm were two completely separate socia list ideologies in the first place.
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@waterandafter "And fasc ism isn't only a right-wing ideal. " Fascis m had nothing to do with right wing of any kind. It was a totalitarian far-left, socia list ideology based on national syndicalism.
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@waterandafter "America has its own brand of fasci sm weaving it's way up our government and it's called Christo-Fac sism." No. There is no such thing. The word you are looking for is either "christian nationalism" or just plain old Theocracy.
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@rainbowkrampus " A lot of people think fasc ism is just that thing that happened in the 30's and 40's." It's not a matter of thinking. It's a matter of fact. Fasc ism was a totalitarian ideology based on revolutionary socialism and national syndicalism. It hasn't been a thing since Mussolini's regime, while some certainly tried to imitate it, like Oswald Mosley.
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@rainbowkrampus "In short, you should call these movements whatever is most rhetorically effective at any given time. If you think Ame rican fas cism will do the most work for you given your audience, call it that. If you think avoiding labeling it at all might be effective, avoid naming it like the plague." Wrong. That is not how words work... and you wonder why most of the amu ric ans don't take you people seriously. Not even mentioning us, the rest of the world.
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@Uncanny_Mountain "Literally what all Rig ht Wi ng Fas cist talking points are doing, " There is no such thing as "Ri ght Win g Fasc ists". Fasc ism is inherently a far-le ft ideology, and had nothing to do with ri ght wing of any kind.
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@rainbowkrampus : What part of those historical facts regarding fas cism you find "disingenuous" and why do you find basic W W2 history so problematic?
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@rainbowkrampus "Why do you find honesty problematic?" I dont'. Never have. Try again.
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@willywonka7812 "can't you pretend you're not a fasc ist or has that horse bolted?" I'm the epitome of an an ti-fas cist, hun. Co pe har der.
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@timjkoala7556 " Fasc ism is far right, end of story. " Still wrong. It was a totalitarian far-left, soci alist ideology based on national syndicalism. Neither syndicalism nor socialis m are right wing positions. Again, go read some history already.
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@junebrilly5302 : Still wrong. Go read some history.
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@Uncanny_Mountain "cool strawman bro" Where?
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