Was Fascism Left Wing Or Right Wing? Episode 2

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Link to the first episode of this series
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I suggested that the fundamentals of the question: "was it left wing or right wing" is in fact incongruent particularly when viewed from a 21st century perspective and often an American one at that, when the topic of discussion in indeed 20th century European extreme political regimes.

We expose therefore the correlated contingencies of time and space that make the framing of the question somewhat invalid or not apt to delineate and accurately describe these historical political parties.

Moreover the video offered a third option, by describing these regimes as totalitarian dictatorships instead, rather than trying to fit them in a left or right box we then shift the focus to the regimes' operational mechanics, ideological underpinnings, and sociopolitical impacts.

Is it useful, critically, to use this language at this point in time? And besides, let's also remember that just calling someone a fascist doesn't make it so. Discourse rather than insults is in my opinion the best dynamic.

I ask it because I was told to leave it alone. I ask it because I was told to be ashamed of myself for asking it, I ask it because I'm free to think and express my thoughts with dignity, and so are you. So I ask you to ask it, so that this may never happen again.

Was Fascism Left Wing or Right Wing?

Historically The Partito Nazionale Fascista's governance of Italy from 1922 to 1943 is traditionally demarcated into three evolutionary phases: the seizure of power, consolidation, and expansion—the latter often regarded as the regime's most oppressive period. This tripartite periodization offers a framework for analyzing the regime's progression and impact.

The whole conundrum is indeed in my opinion a categorization issue

Fascism should be studied deeply, as its impact on European history was one could say incalculable. However even though up to a certain extent we all "know" what fascism is, in reality when you really think about it at an ontological level, its "nature" its taxonomic and definitional characteristics may be elusive after all. I'll strongly justify this statement later on this video.

This would allow Mussolini to realize what is called a dirigiste economy (a market economy in which the state plays a strong directive role through economic interventionist policies), with the principal goal of achieving autarky (national economic self-sufficiency). Like a sort of state directed capitalism called corporatism, if you will.

This study can provide valuable lessons about the nature of power, the importance of anti despotic safeguards, and the consequences of unchecked authoritarianism.

So what makes you a fascist? What are those elements that could as others have said constitute a "fascist minimum" A framework of a set of core ideologies and predispositions indicative of fascist systems.

Fascism was big on public healthcare the emergence of health policies with distinct fascist characteristics occurred in the late 1920s,during what is usually defined in political science as statization. their full implementation throughout the 1930s.
The consolidated structure of the fascist healthcare state had three main constituent parts: the new welfare-based Enti pubblici, traditional ministerial bureaucracies, and local services. Keep in mind that for full context one of the main reasons why the fascist were so pro national health care was Fascists were keen to promote population growth.

Benito Mussolini, commonly referred to as Il Duce (The Leader), emerges as a pivotal figure in 20th-century European history. His ascension to power in Italy and the subsequent establishment of a Fascist state had profound implications, not only for Italy but for the global political landscape.

Born in 1883 in the provincial town of Predappio, Mussolini's formative years were characterized by an ideological amalgam of socialist inclinations and nationalist sentiments. His early career as a schoolteacher and journalist provided a platform for the development of his political philosophy. Initially aligned with socialist causes, Mussolini's ideological trajectory underwent a dramatic shift in the aftermath of World War I, culminating in the founding of the Fascist movement in 1919.

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