Interesting Definition of Fascism

[donquixote99]

Interesting because it defines it in terms of behavior, not of doctrine, which tends to be in large part faked-up and inconsistent.

"...a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victimhood, and by compensatory cultures of unity, energy, and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion."

Robert O. Paxton. Quoted in Christopher Hedges, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, p. 10.

The quote of course goes in this topic because Hedges' big point is that the dominionist Christians are fascists.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Interesting because it defines it in terms of behavior, not of doctrine, which tends to be in large part faked-up and inconsistent.



Robert O. Paxton. Quoted in Christopher Hedges, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, p. 10.

The quote of course goes in this topic because Hedges' big point is that the dominionist Christians are fascists.

Hedges has a Masters in Divinity from Harvard so his views on the subject of religion are worthy of consideration. Paxton is an expert on fascism, particularly as practiced in Europe you-know-when but I don't really know anything about him.

[donquixote99]

I note that Law Dawg has hit just about every one of Paxton's points....

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

I note that Law Dawg has hit just about every one of Paxton's points....

They pretty much all do.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Interesting because it defines it in terms of behavior, not of doctrine, which tends to be in large part faked-up and inconsistent.



Robert O. Paxton. Quoted in Christopher Hedges, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, p. 10.

The quote of course goes in this topic because Hedges' big point is that the dominionist Christians are fascists.

Describes the rise of the German Nazis pretty well.

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[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Describes the rise of the German Nazis pretty well.

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It tries to define Fascism in terms of Nazi Germany and end up crowding the essentials...excessive nationalism accompanied with blatant and violent disregard for democratic rights.