FASCISM: An In-Depth Explanation
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- Fascism, explained by way of Mussolini’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany.
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0:00 Intro
01:47 Italian Fascism
22:18 German Fascism
37:40 What Is Fascism?
Sources:
The Crowd: Gustave Le Bon
Reflections On Violence: Georges Sorel
Fascism: Roger Griffin
My Autobiography: Benito Mussolini
The Political And Social Doctrine Of Fascism: Benito Mussolini
The Origins And Doctrine Of Fascism: Giovanni Gentile
Selections From What Is Fascism: Giovanni Gentile
Mein Kampf: Adolf Hitler
Marxism, Fascism & Totalitarianism: A. James Gregor
Mussolini And The Eclipse Of Italian Fascism: R. J. B. Bosworth
The Philosophy Of History: Georg Hegel
The Anatomy Of Fascism: Robert O. Paxton
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: William Shirer
The Third Reich: A History Of Nazi Germany: Thomas Childers
The Righteous Mind: Jonathan Haidt
The Communist Manifesto: Karl Marx
The Open Society And Its Enemies: Karl Popper
This video took about four months to make and wouldn't be possible without my supporters on Patreon. So I want to start by giving a huge thanks to them. If you'd like to chip in and support me check out www.patreon.com/rchapman. Video notes below:
I designed 'we think with the blood of our nation' to be a memorable phrase that can help people identify fascism. That being said, it's not formulated like a formal definition and needs more nuances in order to stand as one, so I regret calling it a definition. The phrasing was meant to invoke a fanaticism behind a singular nationalist mass movement. Fascism does not tolerate other principles conflicting with its nationalism (something that distinguishes it from more moderate forms of nationalism that might be content, for example, existing in a democracy). Fascism's nationalism wants to impose itself on others. Other ways of thinking are obstacles to fascists that need to be removed. Political or economic systems like socialism or capitalism, as stated in the video, are only tolerated if they're believed to be helping the fascist cause. They're dropped, attacked or modified as needed.
The 'we' in 'we think with the blood of our nation' means a collective of people thinking together as a political mass movement. Fascism has to be in the context of mass politics. It gains its power and legitimacy by inciting mass enthusiasms, making it a phenomenon of the modern era when political legitimacy was seen in terms of popular support. It's not something used to describe the rule of emperors or monarchs, who hold themselves to be sovereign - the highest political authority. Fascists leaders, by contrast, hold the nation to be more important than themselves. Everything they do, they do for the nation. They merely know and have the power to act in its interests. A tighter albeit more awkward re-rephasing might go something like 'We think together with the blood of our nation *and will tolerate nothing else*.'
The phrase really just gets your foot in the door for understanding and identifying fascism, similar to how 'the abolition of private property' gets your foot in the door for understanding and identifying communism. Translating it into a formal definition would look something like: 'fascism is a political ideology that conceives ideal political life as being wholly governed by a singular conception of national consciousness.'
You could also think of it as the rough right-wing equivalent to communism. Communists want to total political control over their state for a single conception of a socialist cause, just as fascists want total control over their state for a singular conception of a nationalist cause.
I also think that Roger Griffin's definition is a good one, but again it's complex. If you want to remember Griffin's more easily, I think you can do fine reducing it down to the last part: 'populist ultra-nationalism.' To use that, you have to understand what populism is (I've made a video on it).
More self-criticism: I simplified the conditions in Germany before Nazi rule down to hyperinflation and constraints from the Treaty of Versailles. There were about 16 years of turmoil between WWI and the Nazis coming into power and I wish I spent at least another sentence or two fleshing that context out. Hyperinflation was a factor behind the early success of the Nazi party and led Hitler to mount a failed coup in 1923, but it only lasted about two years. When Hitler came into power, he did it by riding a wave of despondency coming from another economic crisis: the Great Depression. The Treaty was still seen as a major villainous constraint on Germany at the time, but there was more emphasis on it being a national humiliation and military constraint than an economic constraint. The broad point is that economic conditions were quite bad (in all but a few years in the mid-late '20s), and Hitler (and many Germans) believed that Germany was being humiliated and needed to rise to its glorious potential. Fascism was their means of doing it.
Some commenters also think I claimed that there have only been two fascist movements: interwar Italy and Germany. What I actually said is that they are the only two movements that have remotely uncontroversially earned the label (a point widely accepted among fascism scholars). You can make the case that other movements have been fascist. My point was that the fascism described in this video (which stuck close to our accepted scholarly understanding of it) should be the basis for identifying fascism elsewhere. Spain under Franco is the next 'fascism' people tend to pick, but that label tends to come from foreigners and not the Spanish themselves (at least from that time period). Most professional analysis I've seen rejects the label and argues that Franco's fascism was superficial. They claim he adopted fascist imagery and slogans to (successfully) get war support from Italy and Germany, and if you look at what he believed, his movement, his rule, then you'll see it wasn't fascist. More of a conservative military dictatorship. I plan on making a video on it at some point.
I saw some people say Hitler wasn't a Catholic or take offense to the passing remark I made about his Catholicism. I think it's safe to say that he wasn't a Catholic in the traditional sense, but he was raised Catholic, claimed he believed in God (shown in the video), and also claimed to be a Catholic fairly late in his life. As he put it to his army adjutant Gerhard Engel in 1941: "I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so" (from Engels' diary: 'At The Heart of the Reich'). I called it 'his Catholicism' and left it at that.
One last thing: it seems a lot of people think 'National Socialism isn't Fascism,' which gets some basic things wrong and I think is a message being spread by other RUclipsrs. My response to that is in this video: ruclips.net/video/0gfYbEk6rBY/видео.html
- Ryan
That reading list is seriously impressive (not to mention Hegel who isn't even listed)! What is your reading speed??
May you please produce an in-depth video on historicism.
Neocon, neoliberal and Islamist please
Chilling when we think about the US.
@Ryan Chapman, 0:47 Germany was under National-Socialism, NOT Fascism. There's a difference.
FASCISM DEFINED | The Difference between Fascism and National Socialism: ruclips.net/video/qdY_IMZH2Ko/видео.html
A Short History of Mussolini and Fascism | TIKhistory WW2 Q&A 18: ruclips.net/video/06vJY9nLMXU/видео.html
And here's one big one about Nazism. Hitler's Socialism | Destroying the Denialist Counter Arguments: ruclips.net/video/eCkyWBPaTC8/видео.html
“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” ~Nietzche
Thanks for that quote!
A favourite quote of mine by HL Mencken concerning the 'masses' is:
_"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance"_
These quotes start getting on my nerves.
Man in black - a person is smart - people are dumb.
I'll try to remember this quote. In my long existence I have seen all sorts of mass movements. Rationality was never part of the arguments. They are persuaded by Patriotism, Nationalism, Racialism,Bigotry and Xenophobia. Fascism is a product of a Laager mentality. Most feeble minded people need others to think on their behalf and to steer them towards formerly unachievable goals - or the promise thereof. Gangs are a classical example of GROUP interdependence.
Another great quote from Nietzsche
“The Madness of Crowds”
This fusion of spirituality and nationality is likely why fascism is so hard for people to understand. It behaves more like a cult than a well-defined political ideology.
All collectivism is a cult. Even Marxism.
All political ideologies are cult like. The pragmatics and centrists stand alone in a sea of religiosity.
@@jameslang7722 Of course. The Communist Manifesto original draft was called "Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith" Bukarin literally referred to Marxism as a Cult as well.
Most Collectivism relies on cultic behavior, forms of education and blind obedience. This includes Nationalism.
@@jameslang7722 this is such an idiotic statement, no most political ideologies are not cult like, most populism type of political ideologies are.
@@jameslang7722 Well, with the unfortunate side effect of playing both ends against the middle, ensuring destruction of any 'side'. This sort of ethical chameleon is inconsistent and just as detrimental to any policy as it may be beneficial. There is something consistent, however.. it will always support whatever hierarchy benefits it, regardless of consequence to others.. and to that end, it's only real agenda is betrayal and opportunism. Or in other words, it's sociopathic.
A centrist would support a slaver, a fascist, a socialist, colonizer, or colony, for their own gain. They would be cult-like, in as far as they can use the cult, while in denial of their complicity. Frankly, compartmentalization doesn't make for a political policy, though if it did, it would desire one that is most exploitative, and would require a fair amount of gaslighting to navigate.
I absolutely cannot believe that this is the first time I discovered your account. Holy cow. Thank you so much for the videos
The leftist social nationalist are the party for hitler.
Glad I found this channel. This was great. I’m going to need to watch it a few times. Thank you!!!
It's becoming increasingly difficult to find high quality content on RUclips these days... But this was gripping, well delivered, and informative. Thanks muchly
It didn’t give a definition of its political ideology
High-quality and RUclips seem rather paradoxical. ;)
He is simply lying to you like all the other indoctrinated millennials. No flavor of European Socialism is actually "right wing" at all. Communism, far left wing. Fascism is a little less far left wing. If youre so dumb you consider Adolf a European Socialist "right wing" then where is George Washington on your silly ignorant fake political spectrum?
@@manulux2966 Fascism isn’t an ideology, it’s a reactionary movement.
I wouldn’t say this is “high quality”. I can shoot holes through this entire video, even just starting out it makes assumptions that 1. Fascism bad (why? dEmOkRaCy ain’t lookin so hot these days), 2. Fascism uses crowd pol and propaganda so it’s evil. The GAE is so manipulative and thoughtless for it’s staff not even people any more, it would make Le Bon blush. At least Fascist govs love THEIR OWN. In 500 years the founding stock of US will be totally replaced. So I ask, who was right? If our grandfathers knew what would be done to their grandkids 100 years later they would have thrown down their weapons, or even fought for Uncle A. Now go ahead and ban my comment, cut my tongue out. Prove me right, communist bullies. We should have listened.
thank god someone is actually explaining this word. i feel like it’s thrown around like an insult and no one actually knows it’s meaning or context. this is sooooo needed thank you!!
people simply use it as a euphemism for totalitarianism related to white supremacy.
It was an extremely specific ideology that can be easily defined tbh…..
Fascism as described by its ideological creator Giovanni Gentile…..”Fascism as a consequence of its Marxian and Sorelian patrimony conjoined with the influence of contemporary Italian idealism, through which Fascist thought attained maturity, conceives philosophy as praxis.”
Fascism is defined by the world’s leading scholar Emilio Gentile, “For Mussolini, syndicalism was the most modern embodiment of the spirit of Marxist doctrine, which he added to the myths of his Nietzschean aristocratic philosophy to reach a socialism of quality rather than quantity.”
Only complete dolts threw it around in such a manner.
He never defined it, purposely avoided explaining Nation came from Natal as in birth… blood.. Volk.
@@zyyl1949I'd even go one simpler. National syndalclism with a philosophy of actualism.
This is my second video from your channel. Very well done. Really happy with my subscription
Like those who arrived from Tipito enojado's video
VLLC !
'The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them
Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master, who ever attempts to destroy their illusions easily their victim'
-Gustave Lebon: 'The Crowd: a study of the popular mind' 1895
pretty fucking poignant at this current time
Facebook moms and their essential oils.
@@ScottlandTheWise It has always been fucking poignant. Jesus, stop with this current time bullcrap.
Very roundabout way of saying echo chamber but yes, it is a very thought-provoking statement - take a like
@@valsan1323 MAGA alert
Hey, someone actually from Germany here. Thank you for the video, this is a great and "wonderful" exploration of our dark history, and how easy, and dangerous it can be to slowly fall for these wicked ideas. We in Germany, of course, learn a lot about this in school, and for good reason. Yet having a video like this in English, reaching for the international community of people, for who this topic isn't the highest priority in history and sociology classes, is priceless. Again, thank you so very much for your work here.
Also from Germany... My grandfather (poet and school teacher) died somewhere in Russia, volunteering in 1944, even though he was too old to be drafted. My grandmother was a photographer with her own career (... which wasn't that common at the time). They used to live in Berlin, moved to a tiny village in the woods of Bavaria because "back to the roots, back to earth and blood", they were intellectuals, free-thinkers, nudists, progressives by the standards of their time, and ended up Nazis.
I've taken from that to be skeptical of esotericism, nationalism, ideologies of any kind.
You're full of bull droppings.
Schools brainwash. You are the product of brainwashing. We all are. You're not going to delve deeply into the truth through this brainwashing video either!
@@Antraeus I'm afraid there is no brainwashing in school. Over here, people of my age have or had actually living grandparents that lived through this time. I could actually talk to a lot of direct witnesses of the time, and I did so, over many years.
So whatever you think or someone told you, let me tell you that you're wrong with whatever conspiracy story you come up with. This happened. It actually really happened.
Fascism and Nazi ideology is actually one of humanities greatest atrocities in all of history, and we need to do everything we can to prevent this from ever happening again. And let me tell you again: If you think otherwise, you are plain wrong.
@@Tiaslin After the war the Allies (or sinister International Jewry who were in control behind the scenes and had already declared economic war on Germany in 1933) wanted Germans to suffer and regret taking part in the war. And they even declared outright that, through constant indoctrination, the German people would not even know who they were anymore.
Excellent , I look forward to your other videos. Thank you.
Thank you, Ryan, this was concise and compelling. Subscribed
I second that….Subscribed!!
Nah not really, he didn't quote Gentile, the founding philosopher of Fascism. If you're going to have a go at defining it then you need to start at the beginning.
"There are many that do not know they are fascist but will when the time comes". Ernest Hemingway "For Whom the Bell Tolls". I always add to this; "Then it will be too late".
Same with Bruce Jenner.
He didn't know he was a women till it was too late. Too late to win the women's decathlon in 1984, as he could have, making the finest Olympic record in history. To add to his 1976 gold.
Well, the united states should be considered a fascist state. And yes, it seems too late.
It's frightening how descriptive of our own time all of those sayings are.
How many times I've heard screams and accusations of Fascism, from those whose political ideology was more closely aligned to it.
@@johndelper1404 🤣 Those that forget history are doomed to relive it.
I'm only 5 minutes in and I'm already fascinated how Gustave Le Bon already completely comprehended something that's still so relevant today.
I see what you did there. Fascinated you are)
Le Bon just needed to call it "The Hive Mind Effect".
Fascism is what you don’t agree with. Duh. Just look at Twitter.
read Aristotle you'll be surprised...
Hope you have a great day & Safe Travels!
As if these were new concepts in his time! What tyrant did not have at least a rudimentary grip on the fundamental ideals!
Well worth the 4 months. First time experiencing this page, RUclipsr and instant subscription like, and it's only because I've been going over my YT/patreon support budget that I have to wait until March to join your patreon. Very excited about getting to know you and your videos.
You did an amazing job explaining this to everyone here. I for have looked for a in depth video like this and could never find a good answer of what it actually was . Thank you
I am astounded by your ability to keep such a long video and nuanced topic so structured and on point. The 40 minutes were not tiring, confusing or boring.
Same goes for your video on Socialism - it's impressive really.
It’s nice to see honestly I studied fascism and socialism in 2020 and into this year very extensively I mainly focused on socialist ideologies since they’re generally more interesting to me and have a lot more history behind it and a lot of what I could read on fascism even just as ideas without history it was actually depressing how hateful it got at times
@@violetraven9440 ''i've read up on socialism''
''im so disgusted by fascism though''
LMAO.....
Read more then. Your cool and edgy ideological cult of socialism+ has slaughtered 200 million ethnic minorities, religious opposites, political opposition since its inception.
And socialism, fascism, communism are interchange-ably one and the same.
LMAO.
@@JejuIju 1 I never said if I was a socialist or not and 2 socialism and fascism is completely different even on this channel there’s a video explaining what socialism is you don’t have to like something to study it when everyone is using it as a cudgel against literal liberals socialism by definition is just worker ownership of companies meaning everyone has some level of control over the direction of their workplace, we have worker cooperatives as a good example unions in the past were largely socialist as well and we have them to thank for child labor laws the weekend the fact you’re not locked into your workplace until everyone is done and so many other things we take for granted today the Soviet Union was socialist Vietnam is still socialist so is Cuba and it’s highly debated if China is socialist or not, then you have the CNT Rojava and groups like Red Neck Revolt, so as I said there’s a lot of fascinating history from all around the world there’s active debate on what is socialism anarchism and what the best way to go about something like that is ie radical unionization vanguard parties getting rid of technology violent protests peaceful protests and many more so even in contemporary socialism there’s a lot of discord among the people involved which is interesting to watch, plus to top it off there’s a debate on if we should have any involvement with any other country. Fascism on the other hand in contemporary conversation is people calling for the deaths of people they don’t like and people who look different they believe for example that white American Christians are superior to everyone else and therefore are the only ones with the right to exist they are literally blood thirsty committing acts of terrorism and calling for the death of others for existing and in the past pretty much the whole history of fascism is starting violent coup d’état,s wars terrorism and genocide after genocide, fascism is interesting to study too and very important to be knowledgeable on as is socialism but even so I can’t make it through as much fascist content and I literally can’t debate fascist the same way I can with socialist because it’s genuinely dangerous socialist are generally smarter too
@@violetraven9440 literally everything you wrote after "Facism is..." is wrong. Did you watch the video? I like how you demonize white Christians though as if that furthers your point, considering you made a blanket statement.
You're just an ignorant racist.
@@violetraven9440 The Soviet Union wasnt socialist, it did very little to accomplish the goals of Karl Marx. They were essentially state capitalists when really examined. I really doubt that the proletariat has much power in any of the countries you listed as being socialist.
I've always used the term fascism to describe any ideology that promotes the annihilation of those who think differently. Now I see that intolerance is an attribute of fascism, but not its essence.
I've usually heard of it being used in the context of an ideology that contains a large amount of discrimination, even if that's not right, that's just what I've seen.
I've always seen it used as synonym for: 'I can no longer rationalise my opinion, this causes me emotional distress, so I will call you a fascist in the hopes of instilling fear of "being on the wrong side of history" and thus shutting you up'
It isn’t an inherent attribute of fascism. The Germans weren’t fascists. The Italians called themselves fascists BUT he was a socialist his entire life and so was his entire family. Almost every single policy aligned with socialism in their ideology. It’s just another left wing ideology. They were National Socialists as opposed to modern day leftists and communists/ Marxists of that time who are GLOBAL SOCIALISTS/ COMMUNISTS. There are so many things wrong with this video that it may as well be disregarded.
@@TommyGunz327Nazism and Fascism are corporatist not socialist.
Well that's a dumb use. There are many ideologies that somehow tried to annihilate their opponents.
This was very wholesome. Really enjoyed listening to it. You also have a great voice and calm which makes it easy to follow.
Very clear. Thank you! The context you provide is invaluable. ❤
You are by far the best creator on the academic side of RUclips. Ive never seen anyone cover such topics with impartiality and this degree of depth. I hope you get the exposure you deserve!
I agree that his depth is a great starting point to learning about these topics. I look forward to incorporating Ryan’s chain of thoughts and videos into a long form, history/philosophy of man (so evolutionary biology and psychology) curriculum for homeschoolers.
Thank you, Ryan!
The only thing cooler than finding this channel, is being early to the show.
The thing that sucks is most people don’t want the truth. But this guy shares truth
Agree
@@petraliebkind9309 What is? Do you have some recommendations?
This. Was. Incredible.
I’ve had to listen to it 3 times just to digest the history and knowledge you put into this!
BRAVO MAN!
In my sick bed and trying to keep my brain working.
@@manbearpig7521I hope you are feeling better now
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I'm on my 2nd listen 😅
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That was a very well put together piece thank you.
This is what I asked in another of your videos! so cool, thanks!
Ryan Chapman - Don't you DARE stop ever making your videos. They're wonderful.
Are you going to be putting your audio/videos on Spotify? I want my husband to watch/listen to this so we can discuss but he won't from RUclips due to the data usage youtube takes while at work.
Really enjoyed listening. Thank you for your work.
When I was in high school, we had the best pre-game pep rallies that filled us with school pride and unity. That made a huge impression on me. Decades later, I still think about being swept up by that energy. In that case it was used for good. But we also see how the usurpation of that energy can be used to inspire acts of madness and horror. Thought provoking video. Thank you.
Or a false perception of it
I never went to them, seemed a good time to skip out for awhile. LOL
You could call psychology ‘mind control’. That’s what we do… clearly we try and go about it in a positive way, but it has been used nefariously in the past. Psychology has been used for wicked ends.
Laura Dodsworth
@@sthomas7211 Psychology is, like all 'ologies' 'the study of . . .' That's it. Don't pervert it. What you are describing may use knowledge from psychology, but it is not psychology, it is something else.
That's a perfect microcosm of this idea of how it takes hold I'd not thought of. Although using children as the fodor for the concept ur statement offers a perfect experiment that proves out just how easily populations can be manipulated under the right circumstances. I used to participate in that high school and even college ray rah stuff and ud get a little stir of pride in ur gut at those rallies and i didn't even like my schools so this effect must be something of a ROM were born with in the interests of survival on a hostile planet. Large numbers of like thinking and acting hominids will survive against less organized groups.
I’m italian. First of all, great video, you summed up the italian situation pretty well (even though there are some aspects that should be described more thoroughly to give a truly comprehensive view of our situation but I understand that if it were to be done this video would have been 3 hours long).
One thing that didn’t allow Italy to become a truly totalitarian fascist state is that, unlike germans who (because of the legacy of protestantism) could somewhat homogenously speak german, Italy (especially in the south) had very low rates of italian literacy, and the country was strongly divided culturally in many pockets of different languages and cultures. And that’s why a huge number of italians never really subscribed to the idea of “italian supremacy” because many of them didn’t even consider themselves italian and honestly didn’t even cared to consider themselves one (especially in the South). Fascists tried to “italianize” Italy but they didn’t really succeed because of scholastic dispertion, poverty and overall a lack of care by huge swats of the population, and they managed to rise to power only because said poor, illiterate people (because of their situation) didn’t participate at all in the political life. I’m going to tell you an anecdote to clear this thing.
When Hitler came and visited Italy in the late 30s, he visited Naples (my city, third largest in Italy and the most important military port in the country). During the parade, in total silence, Hitler and Mussolini greeted from a car with the fascit salute. In the total silence a voice from a old man rang out, saying “ma ch stann facienn? Vern si afora chiove?” (In neapolitan: “what are they doing? They’re checking if it’s raining?”) which gives you a very good portray of how the poor people saw fascism as a whole, and they were too concerned with their poor situation.
Great video, keep it up!
You made that all up, nobody is buying it.
You are right that protestantism in Germany with Luther's translation of the bible made a decisive contribution to the spread of the standard language and of literacy in general. However, like Italy, Germany was (and is) "strongly divided culturally in many pockets of different languages and cultures", as you put it. The division into protestant and catholic regions even contributed to this. Only the victory of protestant Prussia over catholic Austria (and it's many german allies) - which was of course a part of Germany and on the other hand had far reaching interests in its multi-ethnic empire, including parts of Italy - created the Protestant preponderance in 1866 and made Germany more "german" by excluding the ethnic minorities (the Czechs, etc.) under Austrian rule all together with Austria as a whole. There was fierce resistance to this, for example in Bavaria and the Rhineland. It was the tremendous economic success of Germany, of the whole project of the prussian-dominated empire, combined with the mass nationalism and imperialism that was rising all over Europe, that created an extremely passionate, maybe "desperate" and aggressive German national feeling, in the sense that Ryan describes it. This led to the First World War. The defeat and the Peace Treaty of Versailles, which was felt to be humiliating, made possible a victim myth that maybe always seems essential to me in order to join a population into a homogenous people (Volk) in the sense of blood and soil (Blut und Boden). Italy in contrary was a winner of the war and was a liberal monarchy right from it's unification while Germany only became one after it's defeat. The once so strong 19th century liberalism in Germany had been decisivly weakend by Prussias conservative dominance so that there was a much better basis for authoritarian politics in Germany. This proofed true during the Weimar Republic which never had strong sympathies among the majority of the people except for maybe the first months after the war and revolution before the Versailles treaty (by which I do not mean that without Versailles the republic may have succeeded).
German Fascism was more brutal than Spanish or Italian Fascism because Germans are more efficient. The Spanish secret police would get you manana.
Not only the Southern Question as it was called, but there was the fact that Italians just didn’t go along with authority well. Their willingness to ignore demands of the government they do evil things, referred to in history as the banality of good, kept Italian Fascism from the depravities of National Socialism. But it was the people not the government that stayed the hands of evil. Fascism was mild until Mussolini became partnered with Hitler and was forced as the junior partner to bend to German will especially in the killing of the Jews. The anti-Jew laws only came to Italy in 1938. Deportation of Jews only under German occupation.
I hope your country finds a strong leader like Mussolini again some day, it needs it. With the organized crime, perverse ideas of transexuality, an acceptance of communists as not only people but as so-called "social democrats" who are actually allowed to run for elections, etc
From the book on fascism I read it is all about the collective group. It is hard against individualism.
Wow! You went from captivating to personal in a heartbeat.
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This is perfect journalism. No bias, just good analysis of literature and world history.
Well he was kinda bias against genecide
@@knightofsvea604 would be weird if not 💀
Bias-less journalism is a fake term. All content, whether it’s in print media or a video on RUclips, has been created by humans and thus will carry some form of bias. Pls open your eyes ppl, don’t be lulled to sleep by a so called “journalist with integrity.”
@@Fascist670 the real problem is idiots who believe in "international Jewry."
@FASCIST you're right.
"You will own nothing and be happy." -Klaus Schwab [WEF 2020]
Nothing to do with fascism, more like judaism.
@@rollye4857 Exactly. Communism and Zionism.
@@VegetoStevieD According to your comment it looks like you hate jews! Are you considering yourself a fascist or just antisimatetic?
You people are clowns.
@@rollye4857 Okay Mr Denier,,,,:|
I just found your page. This is very well done. I have to share it with a few friends.
Thanks.
Most of them are pretty incredible.
I got to know you because of TipitoEnojado, splendid and objective. Greetings from Argentina!
lol me too
670 thousand views are not nearly enough for the importance of this particular history lesson. What you have created here is extraordinary in it's comprehensive simplicity. Thank you.
"comprehensive simplicity" wow, an oxymoron that fits our times...woe is our future lament
@@DiZastur Hi there. I would disagree. Hardly an oxymoron.
@@DiZastur it's all about the signal dude, intellect is a gown
What the hell are y'all talking about? Lol
And to think the fascist actually got away with kicking Trump out of office
Your definition of fascism goes a long way toward explaining why Italian fascism never really jelled. The people of Italy did not, at least in that era, think of themselves primarily as Italians. They thought of themselves as Romans, or Venetians, or Sicilians. The idea of Italian nationalism, of thinking with the blood of a single nation, did not come naturally to the majority of Italians. Their concept of blood and of nationality was much smaller in scope.
Only an ignorant reactionary or deliberate liar would post a video like this.
Fascism is the raw power of finance capital. It has nothing to do with Marxist socialism/Communism and is indeed its polar opposite.
The confusion comes from Hilter calling himself socialist when he also specifically said that his version of socialism was anti- marxist.
Italian fascism was not a race-oriented movement (until it had to curry favour with the German national socialists in the late 1930s). For example, in the 1920s, one third of Italian Jews were members of the Italian fascist party.
@@secallen well said...it appears like you actually studied history.
It still doesn't.
What? Italian fascism was not race oriented?
Wow, well done. I appreciate your work.
Excellent explanation. Thanks for taking a balanced view rather than the usual people trying to align facsim with the opposite of their own political view.
Dude! You are so good at this. I started watching your videos to "learn a bit" but I think I'm now addicted.
I can tell that you love talking about this stuff, and it's causing me to love learning about this stuff as a result.
Thanks for the premium content, it is much appreciated!
Nah not really, he didn't quote Gentile, the founding philosopher of Fascism. If you're going to have a go at defining it then you need to start at the beginning.
I'm only at 4:09 and I noticed others commented the same way I'm about to; The in depth exploration of why historic figures did what they did is something a lot of people lose out on. I also love the fact you explained in detail the philosophy that drove those people.
I will definitely be subscribing and sharing!
Thank you!
Absolutely fantastic, Ryan, thanks.
I feel like I just took a ideological "23 and me" test and found out I'm 22% fascist.
I hope you believe me on how much gratitude I have for content like this. Made with such thoughtfulness and careful attention to detail to make it understandable. This one video taught me concepts that otherwise had been confusing or muddied through time/intentional misdirection/or through the regurgitation of misinformation perpetuated as fact. I'm really grateful for all the work and care you've clearly put forward to help other people understand such important pieces of our shared history. ❤️
Yes, how very right you are.
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The crowd mentality is an amazing phenomenon.in the early 70’s I attended a festival in golden gate park during a Hari Krishna celebration. The parade of practitioners danced and chanted while strolling down one of the roads in the park.i found myself dancing and chanting without realizing I had started following the mass of people. I noticed how it just took over my mind. Effortlessly.
these are not the droids your looking for.😄 just having fun on it I understand what your saying.
Did it make you wanna pick up an AR15?
It made me start looking for my electronic cabbage. 😁
(no, I wasn't there. I'm just goofy)
Woodstock 99 vs. Woodstock 69.....Very interesting what happens in 30 years and how people change. And of course the reasoning behind it all. Of course the tycoons who wanted to make a quick buck have no responsibility in the Train wreck that was Woodstock 99 nor would the leader of a violent crowd.
Fundamental to all political movments is human psychology...
You are really getting us enlightened.
Thank you for making this video!
You have a new subscribe.
Wow, what a well-thought-out, researched video. Well done! You took a difficult subject, defined it, explained it, and gave us a very useable definition.
Wrong
@bantix9902 care to explain?
Someone finally bothered to actually research and explain it instead of calling everyone fascists. This is also helpful for research
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@@bantix9902Right
I don't normally get into much of this kind of content. I haven't seen many other videos to rate it against. All I know is this really got me thinking, kept me fully and aptly engaged, taught me a lot of things and gave me a new appreciation for that time period and scarily a lot of things that have taken place in our own current time period.
Simply awesome! Well done and kudos!
Communism and fascism are more similar to each other than to democracy. This idea is known as the Horseshoe Theory. Instead of being on opposite ends of a linear spectrum, the far left and far right bend towards each other, forming a horseshoe shape where they meet around authoritarian, military-controlled government.
Democracy is not without its fraughts.
Centrist bs, communism as described by marx is economic democracy to add to the already existing (although in his opinion because of capital flawed) political democracy. Marx mentions freedom more then equality in his work because for him communism is just economic freedom to add to political freedom. You can agree or disagree with him, but communist have always been the biggest opponents of fascist, while the liberal democrats chose to work with fascist in countries like germany.
Damnit Ryan, you ruined my picnic plans for today! Another great video as always. Thank you for all the effort put in these videos
Thankyou for the long form information.
Great content, well spoken, thank you .
I have watched every single video on your channel and just want to say your approach to teaching is refreshing. Often times these kinds of subject are taught in a sort of academic language that can be hard to follow or on the other end of the spectrum without depth or research (and often with some level of contemporary political colorization). I think you strike a perfect balance between these two method and I feel like I have learned a lot from your works. I joined Patreon for the first time just to support your channel, keep up the good work.
Great Work. Your conclusions are thought provoking. "The Crowd" is next on my reading list. There is a lot to be learned here. Thanks Ryan!
great video thank you
i'm trying to educate myself this was really helpful
Nah not really, he didn't quote Gentile, the founding philosopher of Fascism. If you're going to have a go at defining it then you need to start at the beginning.
Very good explanation. Best I have seen.
I'm so happy I happened upon this channel, this is absolutely fascinating. Thank you for all the reading and research you clearly put into this. It's so refreshing to see a smart, young person doing work like this.
Yes, that's what makes Ryan a good teacher. He goes to the original sources in writing, shows them, reads them. There's no better way. Otherwise, we don't know if what we're being told is only unsubstantiated beliefs.
I have to say: your videos are incredibly clear. Thank you for working so diligently to do that.
Yes!!! Love it! We need more of this!
Brilliant just brilliant. I am mostly never interested in the events but what led to those events. What philosophy, what ideology, what mentality be it collective or individualistic. Thanks a lot. It was just brilliant.
Ryan you have nailed it yet again with ONE SMALL FLAW. When you use the word "NATION" you are using it like an American as a synonym for "COUNTRY". In the context Mussolini and Europeans of the early 20th century used it it is actually more of a synonym for "NATIONALITY". I refers to "A PEOPLE" who identify as sharing a cultural/linguistic/ethnic heritage. It can expand to encompass the country and government but Italy and Germany had just gone through NATIONALIST struggles for unity the prior century working to unite the Italian and German Nations/People into one Nation-State. The cultural/linguistic/ethnic is what identifies the Nation. That is why Fascism so easily becomes a racist philosophy rather than an economic/class philosophy like Marxism.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR GREAT WORK! 😀
He did point that out around 25:22. A specific group of people, not just everyone within a geographic boundary.
So if there was a NATIONALITY that was only a few generations old, comprisedof somewhat disparate parts but was centred on a common language and generally shared myth, was an amalgam of, say, 50 states, had experienced civil war but drew on a powerful shared myth to bind itself, was highly militaristic and driven to expand its influence, was highly receptive to the promise of being made great again - that would be a good candidate for fascism?
@@theosphilusthistler712 America is not Fascist knock that off.
@@Metalworks41190 Not by the definition offered here, but there are dozens of definitions (perhaps too many for the word to be useful). Many of those take the form of a checklist. Most of the points of which America now checks. Perhaps the most recognised scholar of the subject, Robert Paxton, pronounced your last President as fitting his definition. The same was perhaps not true of all your institutions last time. Next time may be different.
If I were to make my own checklist it would include things such as
* an amalgam of state and corporate power impervious to democratic constraint * extreme militarism and sacralisation of the military * a powerful myth of a unique, special national destiny * projection of state power * treatment of dissent as treason * any claim of a national security concern negates all other values * control of dissent (which does not need to be by violent means..... I could go on. America, and its empire have a turnkey fascist structure in place. At present it's not necessary to exercise control through the clumsy use of violence we've seen elsewhere. That's just a setting.
@@Metalworks41190 Also I'd suggest one change to "we think with the blood of the nation". Leader thinks, we just act. So "We act from the blood of the nation".
I found this video quite compelling. The timeline of influence and action lends itself to the understanding of reason, or the why. Will definitely be checking out your other works and sharing with others to help dissect the world we live in presently.
Wow! You explain things so clearly
To be completely honest, I’m just gonna come out and say it:
Fascism in its original conception was simply a form of Nationalism that was designed to strengthen its respective nation and ideals from foreign interests with nefarious and treasonous intent:
I draw the line when it’s used to further Racial Supremacy (such as the Nazi regime, etc.), but have no issue when it’s used strictly for preservation of a Republic and Free Market, for example.
It can be a very effective tool to combat all forms of Marxism, especially Communism and can be utilized in a benevolent manner by and large, if handled responsibly.
A single arrow can be snapped in two very easily, but a bundle of arrows bound together will remain strong as long as the ties that bind remain strong.
Congratulations, Ryan, this is a great explanation. Thorough, well researched and far from the common oversimplifications and stereotypes. Thank you for your work.
'Some More News' covers this.
I have to disagree. He completely misunderstands the VERY important differences between the operation of National Socialists versus Fascist regimes AND the justification each system employs for suppressing minority groups.
Fascism survived the second world war in Spain and Portugal into the 1970s because Fascism is a corporate statism. Fascism doesn't make territorial claims based on racial imperatives.
Fascism doesn't persecute minorities on the basis they are not part of the single race (Ayrians) or group (Proletariat).
Fascism persecuted all threats to the state's power including religion per se and literally co-opted capitalist ventures into the nation (cooperativism).
The Nazis did effectively control private industry but their reason for doing so was the same reason Marxism did so, to bring about the manifest destiny of the common people.
Marx identified the common people as the prolitariat, whereas Hitler identified a particular genetic line as the oppressed and an impurity within it as the oppressor.
Oppression dynamics and manifest destiny is integral to socialism.
This is precisely how Critical Social Justice theory (CSJ) or Wokism operates.
CSJ is socialist, but like National Socialism it is attempting to overthrow the oppressor using the claims of the collectivised minorities against the oppressed majority.
Communist Antonio Gramsci invented this Cultural Marxism, and the Frankfurt school's Herbert Marcuse developed it using his "oppressive tolerance" doctrine based on "Critical Theory".
The Woke are a new racially justified form of Socialism, just as the Nazis were before them. It is straight Liberationism from the Marxist playbook.
Instead of the employee class, it is the immigrant, the sexual minority, the racial minority, that is 'oppressed' by the system set up by white-heteronomative-patriarchy .
A new form of Socialism, where the oppressed minorities are pitched against the majority host culture.
@@AndyJarman You bring up a number of points that probably merit further discussion on their own.
But if I understand what you are saying, you think that the Nazis were more like marxist socialists than fascists.
I disagree. I think Ryan is right in that nazism is fascism taken to its logical consequences.
One thing, though. Neither Franco's Spain - certainly not after 1950 - nor Salazar's Portugal were anything close to fascist regimes. They were both authoritarian, conservative dictatorships .
@@nataliorivas487 I would say that you're right, but I think that Nazism and Italian Fascism just developed differently due to the nations they developed in. Germany already had large anti-semitic sentiments in many places, so that became a part of the ideology due to the mass political nature of fascism, while in Italy, this was much less so the case. I would agree that they are both fascist states, however not necessarily the same ideologically. I think that a lot of it just has to do with the variability in Fascism in terms of the nation it develops in and the leaders of the Fascists themselves; while fascism does have many defining characteristics, as Ryan put it, they do whatever it takes to "make the nation great," which varies radically depending on who ends up in charge. For Hitler, that meant creating a racially pure society in which only the "Aryan" race would be left. For Mussolini, the racism was much more subdued, and his goal was mostly militaristic expansion and the establishment of a totalitarian empire to restore the glory and honor of Italy. Essentially, Hitler wanted to do the same thing as Mussolini, but with the massive caveat of extremely racist policies. So overall, while I agree that both are fascist states in nature, I think that the racist + genocidal policies of the Nazist Fascism developed more out of Hitler and his close supporters as well as preexisting conditions in Germany.
@@AndyJarman What a load of deliberate lies and nonsense.
Fascism is the raw power of finance capital. It has nothing to do with Marxist socialism/Communism and is indeed its polar opposite.
The confusion comes from Hilter calling himself socialist when he also specifically said that his version of socialism was anti- marxist. and when in power had socialists, unionists sent to Dachau.
I do feel that you should mention Francoist spain as a semi-fascist nation, partially to pinpoint something which is not totally fascist (which does help outline the parts that create it) and partially to raise awareness of the fact that Spain did sorta go through over forty years of something beyond simple hardship under Francisco Franco, and not many people seem to know about it.
Francoist Spain became a time of a thriving moral nation, growing at a rapid rate.
The estado novo in Portugal as well under Salazar which we tend not to think about in the anglophone world because of the long relationship between Portugal and the UK even through their dictatorship
@@greatmightypanda Estado Novo was a great time for Portugal though.
@@europaprimum7050 The people of Portugal were the poorest in Europe under Salazar and they had the highest rate of illiteracy. Also if you lived in one of the Portuguese overseas territories they were desperately clinging onto you basically lived under constant martial law. Not great
People don’t think about Spain very much but their actual symbol during Franco‘s time was a bundle of sticks which in Latin was called a fasces.
Great content! Kudos.
Your videos are absolutely incredible. Thank you.
Nah he callef germany facist, wich is WRONG
I've never been so sure in a subscription. The video is well divided into easy to understand chapters while preserving the level of exactness and the use of the right terminology throughout, which is necessary for every serious topic. Cherry on top for me was the humble ending. Not buying into algorithm and asking for a subscription from viewers, only a simple "Thank you", radiating the confidence of someone worth learning from.
All moot points... neoMarxism was the winner of WWII.
The West currently lives under Marxist totalitarianism.
“Never underestimate stupid people in a crowd.” George Carlin
Stupid is as stupid does-Forrest Gump’s momma. We all define stupid from our own perspectives.
you can go ahead and erase the word stupid from that sentence and it will still be true 90 % of the time.
That guy was a pedophile
twitter!? the cancel culture!
In N. Ireland I witnessed a crowd of young men kick a policeman to death. They were protestants and so the police were regarded at that point in time as being on 'their side'. Not one of them would have done it on his own. In a crowd...
Thank you this was very helpful
Brilliant. Just brilliant. What a clear and comprehensive explanation of fascism.
Very well done and thought out. It's so easy to get caught up in the "crowd" and get convinced to do horrible things all while feeling righteous. Especially if you are already looking for acceptance or somewhere you can belong.
Strong state with hyperpatriotism, captured by big business....could adequately describe the US of today. Hatred of the intellectual.
You mean like throwing your family members and fellow citizens in camps or jail for not taking a newly developed vaxx? As I witnessed right here in America, a large percentage of the population can be turned into total monsters with enough media and governmental coercion.
And that’s really the hallmark of an extreme political movement. Similarly dark stuff in Marxist countries.
It’s too bad The Possessed isn’t the best known of Dostoevsky’s works. It really nailed the problem with political extremism.
@@gregkosinski2303 Marxism is not extremism.
@@Facerip Yes it is. Believing the state should control (enslave) everyone is extreme thinking. Marxism is a more murderous ideology than fascism. Those that praise Marxism without understanding this are dangerously stupid people.
i think this guy nails it the best.... Historian Ian Kershaw once wrote that "trying to define 'fascism' is like trying to nail jelly to the wall."
It is more easy to just read fascist books
@y z no I don't know what fascium is.... enlighten me.
Thank you, that was very helpful
So glad you touched on how Fascism is inherently rooted in the collectivist side of Socialism. Too many people forget that tidbit.
Social democracy can`t be regarded as fascism can it?
@Movingforward2000 A Social Democracy is just a government that provides economic safety nets.
Norway, like the majority of Western nations, use a Mixed Market economy where they have the power to regulate or nationalize certain industries, but don't call for complete and total "public" ownership
@@GeorgeCowsert Safety nets that the US lacks due to that its not social democratic country. I grew up in Sweden so I know what social democracy is.
@@Movingforward2000 nobody said social democracy is fascism, he is merely pointing out how quickly the left blames the right for fascism when it's a movement with a very strong leftist rethoric inherent in it.
@@GeorgeCowsertWhat is “public” ownership? There was no nationalization of industries in fascist states.
This is a really great topic. I was curious about this and really appreciate your clarity.
This is the best in depth explanation of fascism I’ve ever seen on RUclips and you succeeded in giving me a phrase I can walk away with. Great work!
Very interesting and well explained.
Thank you for clarifying this to the masses.
always amazes me when youtube brings up new channels among my recommendations but I'm glad to have found yours and this was an interesting video to watch... I am currently a third year history and political science student at the University of Western Ontario so I found the explanation very thorough and I appreciate it.. cheers
Consider that you might be watching propaganda whenever this happens. People who are actually true critics of the government, and criminality in the government, aren't allowed on here.
@@benjigeez No we can't. Most people don't understand what is in their own best interest.
I live in the United States, I see MANY self destructive fools in this country.
Exceptionally considerate analysis. Methodical but human. Superb. Thanks!
I would like to see TIK history and Ryan Chapman Discuss this Question with each other. I wonder if they could make an even more robust definition.
Tik's definition of Fascism works quite well and he has done more work on the subject than this guy has ever done (you only have to look at their references they use or the lack there of from Ryan) and wouldn't be able to contribute much other than serving sandwiches and tea.
"We think with the blood of our nation" is effectively synonymous with "Socialism based on national and/or racial identity". Or "National Socialism", it was all there in the name all along.
Instead of property, the Nazis nationalised people.
"We are socialists because we see in socialism, that is the union of all citizens, the only chance to maintain our racial inheritance and to regain our political freedom and renew our German state.
Socialism is the doctrine of liberation for the working class. It promotes the rise of the fourth class and its incorporation in the political organism of our Fatherland, and is inextricably bound to breaking the present slavery and regaining German freedom. Socialism, therefore, is not merely a matter of the oppressed class, but a matter for everyone, for freeing the German people from slavery is the goal of contemporary policy. Socialism gains its true form only through a total fighting brotherhood with the forward-striving energies of a newly awakened nationalism. Without nationalism it is nothing, a phantom, a mere theory, a castle in the sky, a book. With it it is everything, the future, freedom, the fatherland!
The sin of liberal thinking was to overlook socialism’s nation-building strengths, thereby allowing its energies to go in anti-national directions. The sin of Marxism was to degrade socialism into a question of wages and the stomach, putting it in conflict with the state and its national existence. An understanding of both these facts leads us to a new sense of socialism, which sees its nature as nationalistic, state-building, liberating and constructive.
The bourgeois is about to leave the historical stage. In its place will come the class of productive workers, the working class, that has been up until today oppressed. It is beginning to fulfill its political mission. It is involved in a hard and bitter struggle for political power as it seeks to become part of the national organism. The battle began in the economic realm; it will finish in the political. It is not merely a matter of wages, not only a matter of the number of hours worked in a day - though we may never forget that these are an essential, perhaps even the most significant part of the socialist platform - but it is much more a matter of incorporating a powerful and responsible class in the state, perhaps even to make it the dominant force in the future politics of the fatherland. The bourgeoisie does not want to recognize the strength of the working class. Marxism has forced it into a straitjacket that will ruin it. While the working class gradually disintegrates in the Marxist front, bleeding itself dry, the bourgeoisie and Marxism have agreed on the general lines of capitalism, and see their task now to protect and defend it in various ways, often concealed.
We are socialists because we see the social question as a matter of necessity and justice for the very existence of a state for our people, not a question of cheap pity or insulting sentimentality. The worker has a claim to a living standard that corresponds to what he produces. We have no intention of begging for that right. Incorporating him in the state organism is not only a critical matter for him, but for the whole nation. The question is larger than the eight-hour day. It is a matter of forming a new state consciousness that includes every productive citizen. Since the political powers of the day are neither willing nor able to create such a situation, socialism must be fought for. It is a fighting slogan both inwardly and outwardly. It is aimed domestically at the bourgeois parties and Marxism at the same time, because both are sworn enemies of the coming workers’ state."
Actually, the name was taken to try to appease two different voting blocks.
@@mikearchibald744 To be sure but it wasn't really alien to their beliefs either. I would argue, and I feel like I ought to make a video on this, the best definition of fascism is hierarchical socialism often with a national or ethnic justification. (Or hierarchical collectivism, I'm more interested in defining fascism than trashing socialism)
Basically you're expected to sacrifice for the common good (socialism or collectivism) but you don't have a meaningful say in what the collective good is. I like this definition because it also explains an apparent paradox that isn't a paradox at all, why are so many communist countries run just like fascist ones. When a communist country accepts hierarchy it becomes fascist. Fascism is not an economic theory, so it doesn't really care about free market versus communism, just like socialism everywhere. It's willing to make use of the free market so long as it obeys the hierarchy.
Technically fascism also doesn't require an other to hate. Identity based philosophies are always dangerous, but a pan human fascist state is still fascist. Just because the fascists take over they don't stop being fascists.
I also want to point out that modern socialists are really nothing like fascists, obviously not having a say in what defines the common good is a huge difference. Just because they share some things in common doesn't mean they're the same.
@@mikearchibald744 The name was taken from Werner Sombart and Oswald Spengler long before they came to power
This was excellent. I know I’ll be watching everything you make because of your level headedness and commitment to academic research. Thanks so much.
Informative thank you for this video.
EXCELLENT presentation, thank you!!!!
Absolutely incredible video. Your neutral, in-depth take backed up by solid literature and examples is extremely informative and refreshing. Instant sub.
"Blut und Boden", blood and soil was probably not what I would have thought of, so I'd like to thank Ryan Chapman for doing so because....well, he already said it. Will anyone remember? It's a start
Wow! The second of your videos I've watched. The first, on socialism, was very good. This one is extraordinary. Your definition of fascism on a level with Robert O. Paxton's. Thank you.
Excellent presentation! I'll be watching this again for any details I missed.
Seems like the whole video is details, and never much explains the topic..
This is truly educational. I love all the research put into this exceptional exploration of Fascism. Well done!
“Please take to heart the lesson of history and what happens when you vote on the basis of symbolism and rhetoric. It doesn’t matter how smart you are, unless you stop and think.” ~T. Sowell
Lol, imagine thinking Thomas Sowell is a good source to cite 😂 He’s ‘one of the good ones’
@@deltabot6550 Did you just make a racist comment about Sowell?
@@TheNonEdibleCheese mockingly, yes.
@@deltabot6550 So you're fine with racism as long as it's mocking a highly intelligent black man whom you don't like?
@@TheNonEdibleCheese if ‘highly intelligent’ is how you want to describe him… I wouldn’t. This is a pretty sad attempt. Do you want to try something else? Or are you set on seeing this one through?
Collectivism always needs a unifying identity and an Other. For the Nazi party it was a racial identity that unified them with the other races as Other. For Italians it was a national identity vs the Others. For Stalinism it was working class vs. elite. For Mao it was the new man vs the old. For America it’s the Left vs the Right. It’s always the same.
"To the surprise of no one, this video will get dark."
I have very poor judgment in selecting movies for movie night in my first grade class. Ah well, too late to turn back now.
Your channel is a literal goldmine. Major congratulations man. I’m speechless. Thank you.
it’s alright, some of his vids are just pure leftist though
It's very leftist. Just like fascism.
@@Raptor810Blue Hey every human progress has come from that side anyways, weekends, social security, unemployment, if only we could keep going and give you health insurance as well. those darn leftists
@@redharp4749 the problem is they never stop going. They go so far it stops helping and starts hurting
@@Raptor810Blue There is a lot more that can be helped in USA imo
In my experience, the word "fascist" and accusations of fascism are used to make audiences emotional and get scared of being controlled or oppressed by the government. Honestly the truth of the word and the ideology behind it is much more unsettling.
Fascism is an ideology that does not prescribe the mode of execution. The application of fascism in Nazi Germany was unique to Adolf Hitler and his ambitions. Obviously, Mussolini’s application of fascism did not result in genocide. Therefore, if Mussolini and Hitler were both definitionally Fascist, then genocide is not a fundamental policy of Fascism. In fact, when it comes to body count, Communism claimed more victims than Nazism and Italian fascism combined. But like fascism, Communism does not necessarily prescribe violence to achieve its end.
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@@renaissanceman9168 Do you find it interesting that the ideas of Karl Marx can be said to be the root of both ideologies and have so many deaths "credited" to them? Maybe Karl is much worse than Hitler and we need stories about time travel that go back to eliminate Mr. Marx. He is in the running for my most dangerous human to ever live.
Ryan does the best at history and truth.
Fascism only really comes down to complete government control. To be anti-fascist is to be for individual freedom from the nation, and yet the nation may be based on that very premise. Go figure.