Fascism Today and Where to Find It

americanthinker.com ^ | 3/2/2019 | Paulo Casaca

[rktman]

To see populism as the problem is to see the events upside-down. People wanting to take control of their own destinies is a good thing. The problem lies with the fragility or even nonexistence of lawful institutions — or sufficient forces to defend them — and with the oligarchic, incompetent, or authoritarian rule that provoked populist reactions in the first place.

The criticism of "populism" and "nationalism" tends to become a criticism of "democracy" or even a corporatist protection of an institutionalised oligarchy.

Thus, mainstream media's reporting that populism and nationalism are a threat is misdirecting the people from the issues that really matter.

Many of us strongly disagree with some of President Trump's views, me included. Churchill was wrong on a variety of issues, and some of his declarations were unacceptable even by the standards of his own time, let alone now. Yet he was far-sighted in understanding where the main danger was.

When we witness a confrontation between Trump and Khamenei, exactly as when we witnessed a confrontation between Churchill and Hitler, no one can doubt where the fascism threat lies and on which side we shall stand.

[Reily]

Yep!

Fascism was a up & coming political ideology in the 1920s & 1930s. Competing with socialism & communism, there’s actually a significant body of thought accompanying it. Mostly Italian, Spanish & of course Mosley. The Germans were actually the “Johnny-Come-Lately” to it. They contributed nothing to it other then give it the racism poison pill to swallow & hence discredit & destroy it.

None of what I typed above should be construed that I support in any way that political ideology.