@@nuclearglue4286 Nah, that's an American invention. The fasci are the symbol of the partito fascista which was supposed to represent order and law... that's exactly why Americans make no sense when talking about fascism. Nazism and Fascism aren't similar political currents, that's a US fantasy. The same with Japan and the Bushido code... it has nothing to do with fascism. The other thing Americans fail at analyzing is regimes... Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo weren't all suprime leaders that could do anything they wanted... you can only make that case for Hitler at the end of the war because he had killed all the opposition and Germany high command was crumbling... the same for most authoritarian regimes... it's always a group of people in power that have to balance their power struggles, interests and wishes, it's not just one dude.
@@nuclearglue4286 They were allies after 1936 when Germany supported italy's invasion of ethiopia... before that Mussolini was an ally of the British and the French. The same thing with Japan and Germany... they were enemies because Germany was supporting China in the 30's, they only became 'allies' when Germany was trying to surround the USSR. Ok, it's not only an American thing but it's still very wrong.
@@nuclearglue4286 Hitler also claimed his expansion to the East was inspired by the US expansion to the West... so... he was also inspired by Wagner's plays... wagnerism? :p Of course Mussolini was influencial in Europe, his imperial wars in Africa were surely inspired by Britain and the Roman Empire. Some say Clemenceau inspired Churchill... but who knows... What do I mean with this? There's always inspirations... but is that enough to put those phenomena in the same group? I mean... there's a better category for Nazism and Fascism... it's called Corporatism... although that category has its own problems to characterize all the aspects of Fascism and Nazism. Btw... I don't like saying 'Nazism' either... I always call it the NSDAP.
@@nuclearglue4286 Again... all politicians and countries fall into that category... it's not a very good description of what fascism is... name me one country that doesn't look at its own pass with glorifying eyes, doesn't have national heroes, values, etc or doesn't think it's the savior of the people and defender of justice. If countries don't have a glorious past... they create one, even a crappy past is used as a reason to get even in the future. Based on that concept... the USA is the most fascist country in world's history. Although that characterization of fascism does a good job at showing us how bullshit the concept of a 'country' is, and how we get bombarded with propaganda everyday.
I don't know why he calls Hitler a Fascist... fascism was an italian phenomenon; Mussolini and Hitler's regimes weren't similar.
@@nuclearglue4286 Nah, that's an American invention. The fasci are the symbol of the partito fascista which was supposed to represent order and law... that's exactly why Americans make no sense when talking about fascism. Nazism and Fascism aren't similar political currents, that's a US fantasy. The same with Japan and the Bushido code... it has nothing to do with fascism. The other thing Americans fail at analyzing is regimes... Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo weren't all suprime leaders that could do anything they wanted... you can only make that case for Hitler at the end of the war because he had killed all the opposition and Germany high command was crumbling... the same for most authoritarian regimes... it's always a group of people in power that have to balance their power struggles, interests and wishes, it's not just one dude.
@@nuclearglue4286 They were allies after 1936 when Germany supported italy's invasion of ethiopia... before that Mussolini was an ally of the British and the French. The same thing with Japan and Germany... they were enemies because Germany was supporting China in the 30's, they only became 'allies' when Germany was trying to surround the USSR.
Ok, it's not only an American thing but it's still very wrong.
@@nuclearglue4286 Hitler also claimed his expansion to the East was inspired by the US expansion to the West... so... he was also inspired by Wagner's plays... wagnerism? :p
Of course Mussolini was influencial in Europe, his imperial wars in Africa were surely inspired by Britain and the Roman Empire. Some say Clemenceau inspired Churchill... but who knows... What do I mean with this? There's always inspirations... but is that enough to put those phenomena in the same group? I mean... there's a better category for Nazism and Fascism... it's called Corporatism... although that category has its own problems to characterize all the aspects of Fascism and Nazism.
Btw... I don't like saying 'Nazism' either... I always call it the NSDAP.
@@nuclearglue4286 All countries are fascist according to this definition lol
@@nuclearglue4286 Again... all politicians and countries fall into that category... it's not a very good description of what fascism is... name me one country that doesn't look at its own pass with glorifying eyes, doesn't have national heroes, values, etc or doesn't think it's the savior of the people and defender of justice. If countries don't have a glorious past... they create one, even a crappy past is used as a reason to get even in the future.
Based on that concept... the USA is the most fascist country in world's history.
Although that characterization of fascism does a good job at showing us how bullshit the concept of a 'country' is, and how we get bombarded with propaganda everyday.