fascism

Examples of fascism in the following topics:

• Fascism in Japan

• Japanese Expansion

  • Pre-WWII Japan was characterized by political totalitarianism, ultranationalism, expansionism, and fascism culminating in Japan's invasion of China in 1937.
  • During the pre-1945 period, Japan moved into political totalitarianism, ultranationalism and fascism, as well as a series of expansionist wars, culminating in Japan's invasion of China in 1937.
  • Left-wing groups had been subject to violent suppression by the end of the Taishō period, and radical right-wing groups, inspired by fascism and Japanese nationalism, rapidly grew in popularity.

• Political Critiques of the New Deal

  • Some labeled the New Deal as fascism, although it is important to remember that at the time fascism did not connote the tragedy of World War II but rather an ideology of authoritarian nationalism and planned economy, associated most often with Benito Mussolini's Italy.
  • While some labeled Long a socialist, Roosevelt called him "one of the two most dangerous men in America" and accused him of spreading fascism.
  • His activism attracted widespread accusations of promoting fascism and criticism of both Americans bishops and Vatican.
  • Sometimes they will call it 'Fascism,' sometimes 'Communism,' sometimes 'Regimentation,' sometimes 'Socialism. ' But, in so doing, they are trying to make very complex and theoretical something that is really very simple and very practical....

• The Rise of Japan

  • In the aftermath of World War I, Japan's ambitions to become a global power led to establishing a unique totalitarian political system that combined ancient Japanese traditions with elements of European fascism and resulted in aggressive territorial expansion.
  • Historians refer to it as statism in Shōwa Japan,  Shōwa nationalism, or Japanese fascism.
  • The creation of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association in 1940 is also seen as a Japanese response to the rise of fascism in Europe, which was to prevent the influences of German and Italian fascist movements.

• Issues with the Traditional Political Spectrum

  • One alternative spectrum offered by the conservative American Federalist Journal accounts for only the "degree of government control " without consideration for any other social or political variable and, thus, places "fascism" (totalitarianism ) at one extreme and "anarchy" (no government at all) at the other extreme.

• The Capitalist Critique of Socialism

  • He argued that the road to socialism leads society to totalitarianism, and that fascism and Nazism were the inevitable outcome of socialist trends in Italy and Germany during the preceding period.

• Government Involvement

  • While America never took the turn to fascism that similar business-labor-government arrangements did in Germany and Italy, the New Deal initiatives did point to a new sharing of power among these three key economic players.

• Italy Under Mussolini

  • Italian Fascism under Benito Mussolini was rooted in Italian nationalism and the desire to restore and expand Italian territories.

• The Traditional Political Spectrum

  • Most long-standing spectra include a right and left, and according to the simplest left-right axis, communism and socialism are usually regarded internationally as being on the left, opposite fascism and conservatism on the right.

• Reform Darwinism

  • Critics have frequently linked evolution, Charles Darwin, and social Darwinism with racialism, nationalism, imperialism, and eugenics, contending that social Darwinism became one of the pillars of fascism and Nazi ideology, and that the consequences of the application of policies of "survival of the fittest" by Nazi Germany eventually created a very strong backlash against the theory.