[lbo-talk] Epithet 'fascist'

Brian Siano siano at mail.med.upenn.edu
Sun Jan 4 09:52:50 PST 2004


Chris Doss wrote:


>> Trust this question is not percieved as inflmmatory. I am not in any
>> way linked to either WW or IAC. But I am certainly curious as to what
>> actiosn/deeds warrant the epithet "fascist shits". What do you mean?
>> Hari Kumar.
>
> I suggest that the word "fascist" be limited to groups that: 1) have a
> Fuehrerprinzip; 2) profess oposition to both capitalism and socialism;
> 3) posit a quasi-mystical union between the Party, the Leader and the
> People. That word is WAY too overused; fascism is a fuzzy but
> more-or-less definite historical and political phenomenon.

I'd also suggest a quick reading of Umberto Eco's essay on ur-Fascism, which does a nice job of characterizing strains in Fascism itself.

http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_blackshirt.html http://archive.8m.net/eco.htm http://www.16beavergroup.org/mtarchive/archives/000663.php for three varying versions.



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