bripat9643
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Seriously? I've explained it like 20'x already, including the post you just responded to. I'm guessing you're struggling with some sort of reading comprehension condition?
You're assuming I'm going to bother actually reading that nonsense then.
Actually I think I know why you think Fascism is left wing. It has a lot to do with the Nazis being "National Socialists" in name only. They weren't Socialists at all, the Socialists were purged long before Hitler was taking over Europe and killing the Jews. Night of the long knives I think was the major purge of the gay and left wing element of his party.
fascism definition of fascism in Oxford dictionary American English US
"An authoritarian and nationalisticright-wing system of government and social organization."
American Heritage Dictionary Entry fascism
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1. oftenFascism
a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
b. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
2. Oppressive, dictatorial control."
Definition of ldquo fascism rdquo Collins English Dictionary
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- any ideology or movement inspired by Italian Fascism, such as German National Socialism; any right-wing nationalist ideology or movement with an authoritarian and hierarchical structure that is fundamentally opposed to democracy and liberalism
- any ideology, movement, programme, tendency, etc, that may be characterized as right-wing, chauvinist, authoritarian, etc"
Fascism - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
"often capitalized: 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 centralizedautocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition"
fascism - definition in the American English Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionaries Online
"a political system based on a very powerful leader, state control of social and economic life, and extreme pride in country and race, with no expression of political disagreement allowed"
Fascism - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
"Fascism (/fæʃɪzəm/) is a form of radicalauthoritariannationalism[1][2] that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. Influenced by national syndicalism, fascism originated inItaly during World War I, combining more typically right-wing positions with elements of left-wing politics,"
From Wikipedia, suggesting that it is mostly right wing, though at times has elements of left wing policies, which I won't dispute. However I will dispute that it is left wing.
"Although fascism is often placed on the far-right on the traditional left–right spectrum, a number of academics have said that the description is inadequate."
Which is probably true.
So, while some dictionaries describe it with extreme right wing, others don't. However they all say more or less the same thing.
So what does right and left wing mean?
right wing definition of right wing in Oxford dictionary American English US
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The conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system.
[with reference to the National Assembly in France (1789–91), where the nobles sat to the president's right and the commons to the left]"
So it comes from the French National Assembly, extreme left and right weren't really there as a major force, so the terms far left and far right have developed since then, especially in the 20th Century when both Communism and Fascism came to play a major role in the world.
But the reality is that the definitions of what are far right and far left have come to be Fascism and Communist respectively.
It doesn't necessarily mean that they can't share aspects that might be considered left or right. Stalin's Communism wasn't Communism. Whatever it was, wasn't going to be considered by anyone as anything other than dictatorial, oppressive and not particularly looking out for equally or the people as might be considered in traditional leftist terms. But still we might call this far left.
Same with Fascism.
I'd guess that you're trying to make out that Stalin was extreme left, and Communist, therefore it was similar to Fascism, therefore Fascism is far left too. Which is really non-nonsensical.
Your definitions were all written by liberal English majors who don't know diddly squat about economics. The various isms refer to different economic systems, or they are utterly meaningless. Racism, dictatorship and nationalism are not peculiar to fascism nor are any of the other irrelevant criteria the authors of your definitions attempt to use to distinguish fascism from other economic systems.