Posted on 02/03/2017 1:29:32 PM PST by NYer
Last night, there were violent protests at Berkeley University against guest speaker Milo Yiannopoulos of Breitbart News. Occupy Oakland tweeted “We won this night. We will control the streets. We will liberate the land. We will fight fascists. We will dismantle the state. This is war.” What was so interesting was the “we will fight fascists.” Occupy Oakland, and many left wing groups, appear willing to have a revolution to halt a supposedly imminent fascist takeover of the country.
Which begs the question: how do fascists take over? The answer can be found by looking at the three major fascist countries in history: Italy, Spain, and Germany.
Under the leadership of Benito Mussolini, the Fascist Party of Italy seized control of the country in 1922 with the “March on Rome.” Before marching on the nation’s capital, Italian fascists committed violent acts across most of northern Italy. The king of Italy, fearing more bloodshed, appointed Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy. No election took place, and the Italian fascists used violent tactics to achieve power.
Spanish fascists came to power through a military coup, after the military leadership did not like the results of the most recent election, and the coup resulted in a civil war lasting from 1936 to 1939.
In Germany the fascist path to power was longer and more complicated for the National Socialists, or Nazis. Hitler attempted to mimic Mussolini in 1923 with the Beer Hall putsch, an attempt to overthrow local authorities. It did not succeed and resulted in a few deaths and the arrest of several Nazis, including Hitler. After the failed coup, the Nazis decided to use the democratic process to take over Germany. Yet not until the election of July 1932 did the Nazis become the largest party in the German Parliament. Despite winning a plurality of votes (37 percent), the Nazis did not receive a majority of the votes needed to form a government. The Nazis refused to join any coalition, which resulted in another election in November 1932. In that election the Nazis again won a plurality but not as large as before (only 33 percent). Despite the loss, the Nazis refused to form a coalition until Hitler was made chancellor, which occurred in January 1933. Once Hitler was chancellor, he ordered another parliamentary election.
In March 1933, the election was held and the Nazis again received only a plurality of the votes (43 percent). This would be the last open election until after World War II, because Hitler decided it would be easier to consolidate power through terror, fear, and even political murders, rather than trying to work with other parties.
So, what’s the pattern? How do fascists take power? First, they are angry with election results or how the country is being run. Then fascists use militant tactics to force the population into supporting, or acquiescing in, their cause, even though most citizens don’t actually support the fascist agenda.
Today, some persons who claim to oppose fascism have started using fascist techniques, such as blockading roads and other modes of transit into the city, perpetrating violence against those who disagree with them politically, and using fear to suppress those who have different political views. But using fascist techniques is never right, and if you just removed “we will fight the fascists” from the Occupy Oakland tweet, it could be easily mistaken for a quote from Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco, or Adolf Hitler.
The best way to defeat fascism? Look to the U.S. Constitution. It has defended freedom—and helped expand freedom to many—since it was signed. If Americans hold their elected officials to the standard of the Constitution, then fascism will not happen. If Americans decide to fight fascism with fascist techniques, then they will become the very thing they wanted to stop.
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Excellent article. Short and to the point!
The guy trying to beat your head in and set fire to your business is the fascist.
Nailed it.
This should be required reading. I think history is repeating itself with Soros financing.
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I notice that many of the anti-Trump protesters dress in black just like the Italian fascists did. What a coincidence. Also, the anti-Trump protesters are socialists, just like Mussolini.
The evil “alt-right”(?) infiltrates the kindly caring liberals and causes mayhem to make it appear that the libs are really the bad guys. Thanks to bobby reich (good name for the assclown) for cluing us in on that info.
Some random musings:
When an organism is dying - the first thing it does is begin to consume itself. The anger and immature angst of the SJW mob is doing just that to itself.
Their own Night of The Long Knives is coming. They fail to learn from history.
They are angry at a system that has never taught them to not get their way. Out of control children raised without boundaries and awarded “participation trophies” all their lives.
It goes something like this: First the SJW army will see just how impotent it is. Second, it will fail to take responsibility for said impotence. Third, it will then eat it’s leadership in an effort to restore itself.
The guy trying to beat your head in and set fire to your business is the fascist.
Watch for the chant "Whose streets? / Our streets!" They're really saying "...not your streets."
Yes, yes but the author is missing the point. It isn’t about definitions anymore. Words mean what the speaker means, not the actual meaning of the word. Orwell said in 1944 “It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless.”.
A Leftist thug calling me a ‘fascist’ is very much like Anderson Cooper calling me a ‘teabagger.’
These punks are out in the street throwing rocks, they can make a big mess and I am surprised we have not already seen some Weather Underground stile bombings. But at the end of the day these neio-fascists are a joke the the republic will march on.
Are these twirps not listening to their own media to see who is attempting to lure the US military to get a lawfully elected President killed and overthrow the government? Are they so intellectualy lazy that they can not see, they are the fascists? I guess under clown pissen the antifa are the useless idiots!
On a serious note we should send a majority of illegal aliens back to their country of origin. When you analyze the history of the governments below our southern border they are communist tin pot dictators with strong criminal elements. More like Nazis. Persons in US illegally do not appreciate or understand our Representative Republic, it’s workings and what our individual rights mean. They want benefits and George Soros is paying. I would hazard a wild guess that a majority of the rioters were illegal aliens. The commies in the democrat party don’t care because, like at Trump campaign rallies, the camera’s turn-——which gives Americans a wrong picture and promotes their socialist fantasy!
If illegals participate in these riots and are identified, it should be an automatic deportation. I bet Spanish radio spots teaching of our Republic, and warning of criminal rioting and violence would put an end to it.
Also the DACA need to go back, after the years of education and being bilingual they can only contribute to Mexico’s growth. A change for their people from a corrupt government or cruel dictatorship.
DACA must see this if their allegiance is more for Mexico. They have benefited from the US.
Are these twirps not listening to their own media to see who is attempting to lure the US military to get a lawfully elected President killed and overthrow the government? Are they so intellectualy lazy that they can not see, they are the fascists? I guess under clown pissen the antifa are the useless idiots!
On a serious note we should send a majority of illegal aliens back to their country of origin. When you analyze the history of the governments below our southern border they are communist tin pot dictators with strong criminal elements. More like Nazis. Persons in US illegally do not appreciate or understand our Representative Republic, it’s workings and what our individual rights mean. They want benefits and George Soros is paying. I would hazard a wild guess that a majority of the rioters were illegal aliens. The commies in the democrat party don’t care because, like at Trump campaign rallies, the camera’s turn-——which gives Americans a wrong picture and promotes their socialist fantasy!
If illegals participate in these riots and are identified, it should be an automatic deportation. I bet Spanish radio spots teaching of our Republic, and warning of criminal rioting and violence would put an end to it.
Also the DACA need to go back, after the years of education and being bilingual they can only contribute to Mexico’s growth. A change for their people from a corrupt government or cruel dictatorship.
DACA must see this if their allegiance is more for Mexico. They have benefited from the US.
I believe he is actually Bobby Reich the 3rd. /sarcasm
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