Defination of 'fascism'
Thomas J | 24.08.2002 23:54
A defination of the term "fascism", a commonly used word among IMC users, courtesy of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
There are two definations in the online Encyclopedia Britannica, the first is:
"a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition"
the second:
"a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control "
The term 'fascism' common amongst articles and comments posted on IMC-UK, and it is useful to know what that word actually means, after all, it would be very embarassing if someone used it out of context or wrongly describe someone or something as 'fascist' when actually it isn't, wouldn't it?
"a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition"
the second:
"a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control "
The term 'fascism' common amongst articles and comments posted on IMC-UK, and it is useful to know what that word actually means, after all, it would be very embarassing if someone used it out of context or wrongly describe someone or something as 'fascist' when actually it isn't, wouldn't it?
Thomas J
Homepage:
http://www.britannica.com/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=fascism
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Embrace the Fascii
25.08.2002 00:39
dh
Quote
25.08.2002 09:52
Og
Another
25.08.2002 09:57
A Police State finds it cannot command the grain to grow; JFK.
Og
We need a new term to describe it
25.08.2002 19:41
We need a new term to describe this political system because it goes far beyond what we have seen in the past. What would the Gestapo have done with CCTV? What would the Stasi have been like with Dataveillance at their hands? What would Goebbels or Stalin have been like with the CNN?
What we have is now much worse, but in other ways it is completely different. Former concepts like 'fascist' fail to capture its essence, in my opinion.
We need a stronger term....
Steve Booth
e-mail: grandlaf@lineone.net
the definition of a fascist
25.08.2002 20:46
clodaghvandervan