Fascism

My study of Fascism began as a research niche for my fanfiction, which happens to be a large reason I find these hyperfixations lately. I wanted to have an understanding of Fascism, so that I could reasonably write about the rise of fascist thinking within a different, but parallel, cultural context and framework. What I've learned has shown me how much deeper this rabbit-hole goes. Because Fascism didn't just begin with Nazi Germany and to equate Nazism with all Fascism is counter-productive when thinking about being anti-Fascist.

I couldn't believe how little I actually knew about Fascism when I first started digging into it. In high school we talked about WWII, but looking back that information was quite surface level and focused on the actions of the war, rather than the philosophical underpinnings of the war. Which is fair, the generalized education of teenagers who may or may not care is complicated. I certainly didn't care back then.

While this began as research for my fanfiction, as I seek to develop real-life community connections and do work in local advocacy, and better understand politics in my country and that of my southern neighbour, I find it more and more necessary to understand the roots of Fascism to properly dig it out.

Traits of Fascism

What Fascism is Against

So What Does This Mean?

Anthony Joes in Fascism in the Contemporary World: Ideology, Evolution, Resurgence argues that most modern revolutions that we describe as Communist display the traits associated with Fascism, rather than traditional Communism, particularly when you compare them to Mussolini and Italian Fascism