fascism

(noun)

A political regime, having totalitarian aspirations, ideologically based on a relationship between business and the centralized government, business-and-government control of the market place, repression of criticism or opposition, a leader cult, and the exaltation of the state and/or religion above individual rights.

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Examples of fascism in the following topics:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Social Darwinism in America

    • Many critics note that social Darwinism became one of the pillars of fascism and Nazi ideology; Nazi Germany's application of policies of "survival of the fittest" eventually created a very strong backlash against the theory.

  • Postwar Isolationism

    • Congress passed a number of so-called neutrality acts in the 1930s, fascism in Europe gained massive influence and the continent was on the brink of war.

  • The Collapse of Nazi Germany

    • As the situation became desperate with Allied forces in control of most of Italy, and from February 1945 resumed to pushing the Axis forces to North of Gothic Line, Mussolini declared that "he would fight to the last Italian" and spoke of turning Milan into the "Stalingrad of Italy," where Fascism would make its last glorious fight.

  • McCarthyism

    • Thanks in part to its success in organizing labor unions and its early opposition to fascism, the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) increased its membership through the 1930s, reaching a peak of about 75,000 members in 1940–41.

  • Italy and Germany

    • The newspaper became Fascism's official newspaper.