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paulkienitz

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9. Mussolini first defined it as just the opposition to socialism and pacifism and other progressive ideas.

Reply to LastDemocratInSC (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 02:14 PM

18 hrs ago

He left all the philosophical parsing to others — to hirelings and converts and whoever could do a convincing job as a pundit. He didn't care personally about putting any fine points on definitions.

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Since '16 I struggled to define "fascism"... now I think I have it, in one sentence. [View all] paulkienitz Yesterday OP

I see fascism as a macrocosm for my dysfunctional family. no_hypocrisy 23 hrs ago #1

I believe that's actually a dictatorship, like North Korea. JohnnyRingo 23 hrs ago #4

i like it rampartd 23 hrs ago #2

That may be a byproduct of Fascism. JohnnyRingo 23 hrs ago #3

I went into that question in the blog post paulkienitz 18 hrs ago #8

Wiki does a good job. Igel 22 hrs ago #5

My definition is: crud 22 hrs ago #6

lots of systems are just someone clinging to power paulkienitz 17 hrs ago #10

Mussolini defined fascism as a merger of government and corporate interests. LastDemocratInSC 22 hrs ago #7

Mussolini first defined it as just the opposition to socialism and pacifism and other progressive ideas. paulkienitz 18 hrs ago #9