American Fascism

Are the movement conservative Republicans really Fascists? There are a variety of definitions and it is not always clear if any given political movement was fascist, but here is the definition of Fascism from Wikipedia.

Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and social interests subordinate to the interests of the state or party. Fascists seek to forge a type of national unity, usually based on (but not limited to) ethnic, cultural, racial, and religious attributes. Various scholars attribute different characteristics to fascism, but the following elements are usually seen as its integral parts: nationalism, statism, militarism, totalitarianism, anti-communism, corporatism, populism, collectivism, and opposition to political and economic liberalism

Let's see if the Republican Party has any of these characteristics. Does the Republican movement conservative ideology have an

• Authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and social interests subordinate to the interests of the state or party. Yes

Do the Republican movement conservatives want to

• forge a type of national unity, based on (but not limited to) ethnic, cultural, racial, and religious attributes? Yes

Are the following characteristics integral to the current Republican movement conservative party?

Nationalism,	Yes
Statism,	Yes
Militarism,	Yes
Totalitarianism	Yes	Elimination of privacy and right to trial
Anti-Communism	Yes
Corporatism	Yes	As are the mainstream Democrats
Populism	Yes
Collectivism	No

Is the current Republican movement conservative party unalterably opposed to the following?

Political Liberalism	Yes
Economic Liberalism	Yes

The only conclusion this chart can lead to is that the American movement conservative Republicans are Fascists. The term is appropriate to a political movement which is "oppressive," "intolerant," "chauvinist," "genocidal", "dictatorial," "racist" and/or "aggressive," all concepts which apply to the current Republican movement conservative Party. They are characteristics that are at least loosely inspired by the ideology of fascism.

There is a real difference between my use of the descriptive term "Fascism" for the current movement conservative Republican Party and the strange book that Jonas Goldberg is trying to push that supposedly labels Liberals as Fascists. Goldberg has had to go way back and then make up his history to support is ridiculous claim. My claim applies to the current time and the preceding two decades, and you don't need history books to find the evidence. Just read the newspapers and listen to the Republican candidates for the Presidential nomination talking. Rudy Giuliani can 'out-fascist' Mussolini any day of the week, and if he couldn't he has Norm Podhoretz, one of the most outspoken supporters of Americans fighting Muslims in the Middle east in support of Israel who can be found. [Note: I support protecting Israel from those who would destroy it, but the Israelis need to be protected from their own right-wing authoritarian government also. We don't need to fight unnecessary wars in the Middle East just to make life more pleasant for Israel's right-wing Likudniks.]