The Soviets, Soviet Block Countries, China, other Asian countries, etc were commies. The Nazis and Italians were fascist and so are we. Fascism (we’ve had this discussion before and IB and a few others have good arguments and strongly disagree with me about the definition and practice of fascism.) Fascism is where the State is controlled by industry. Sound familiar? Well it should. Whether we like it or not, we are not a Republic anymore. We live in an oligarchy where the oligarchs are controlled by industry.
Uneducated slang.
The one that rang truest, with regard to the current era of politicians, of Goebbels’ quotes is:
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
And it supports another quote of his:
"We have made the Reich by propaganda."
It’s sad; we as a Whole are really sheepeople. It’s proven true every day on every street in every town in every country in the world. Originally Posted by OliviaHoward
Your definition of fascism is exactly backwards. In fascism, the state controls industry not the other way around.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition 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.' Fascism is most often associated with the regimes of Mussolini and Hitler during WWII. The difference between fascism and communism is that in communism, the state owns everything outright; in fascism, a thin veneer of private ownership is maintained while the state exercises absolute control over industry