Why wasn't fascism more popular in Britain?

the whole point of fascism is that its the government form of nostalgia for the good old days when we had a king and everything was rosy and perfect. Britain still had a king and he hadn't had any real power in centuries, so no nostalgia for being ruled by a despot.

BEADY

>>2314237

Britain was on top of its game and fascism is a reactionary ideology so there was no need for it

>>2314237
There wasnt enough support amoung the mainly left leaning Working and Middle classes.

For instance when it was clear Franco would win about 70% Of Britons still considered the Republic the legitimate Spanish government.

>>2314237
1) Democratic tradition. People weren't too keen on the idea of giving up political power. This is in contrast with places like Germany, which until very recently had a hugely powerful king and military caste.

2) Fascism is powered by a sense of crisis. Yes, the Depression was bad in Britain. But it wasn't "Communists take over London" bad. Britain was still a pretty decent place to be, particularly compared to the continent.

3) While Mosley himself was reasonably intelligent and well spoken, many of the people following him were basically just jewbaiting assholes. As we mentioned in 2, the people in Britain weren't angry enough to go with "The Jews are behind it all."

>>2314237
Anglo-protestant nation with long history of democratic government is far different from the Latin-Roman Catholic nations with a long history of more authoritarian rule Fascism was designed for.

>>2314237
Because Britain integrated the monarchy into their liberal democratic government, preventing a fascist opposition movement from calling on reactionary sentiments to fuel their rise to power.

The Monarchy.

>>2314762
Wasn't Italy a Kingdom?

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>>2314249
>>2314258

Fascism is not reactionary, and Mosley's ideas were anything but.

https://www.oswaldmosley.com/policies/

>>2315845
This, fascism is right wing revolution.

>>2314237
It was rather un-British. Mosley could have gone the party route and become Prime Minister, but then he fell in love with Italian Fascism and formed the Blackshirts.

>>2314258
>fascism is a reactionary ideology

>>2314249
>nostalgia for the good old days when we had a king

Why is everyone on this board dumber than shit?

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Every time I see Oswald Mosley I laugh.

>>2314465
>Implying anglicism is different from Roman Catholicism in any way

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>>2315916
Presbyterianism, Methodism, and Anabaptism are.

>>2315926
>Implying those make up a significant percentage of the British population

>>2315854
You arent helping.

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>>2315930
>Scots
>Not a significant percentage of the British population

>>2315966
IT really isnt. It has always been sparsely populated and was never powerful. Presbyterians make up 2,2% of the British population nowadays

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>>2315985
Plus the Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostals and Quakers.

>>2316001
Well within the margin of a rounding error

>>2316012
All together they make up a significant portion of the Christian population in the UK which explains why this anon >>2314465 made a good point the cultural difference between Anglo-Protestant nations and Latin-Catholic ones.

>>2314237
Socialists toned down (but didn't dilute) their rhetoric enough to effect real change in the Labour movement, which fly-trapped listless anti-establishmentarians.

>>2314237
Because of liberals. Fuck liberals

The Anglo enjoys the authoritarian aspect of it but then recoils at the idea of sacrificing for others.

>>2314249
>the whole point of fascism is that its the government form of nostalgia for the good old days when we had a king and everything was rosy and perfect

>ignoring the fact that Italy, the home of fascism, had a king in 1922

>>2314237

Fascism, being a cult, can only thrive when things are REALLY shitty and people are desperate. Britain won WW1 and while they were facing troubles, they werent THAT bad off so Mosleys pandering didnt really work.

Also, Mosley was a gutless worm and an tactless idiot. He was good at giving speeches and rabble rousing, but he sucked horribly at the game

>>2316914
>Fascism, being a cult,
Liberalism, being a cult
Communism, being a cult

>>2316932
Thank you, good post.

>>2316932

LITERALLY not an argument

Actually Fascism was quite popular in Britain. But then this little war started and British fascists suddenly found themselves on the wrong side. So they denied their love for Fascism.

>>2314237
becasue facism is white supremacy and racist, and sexist and anti-semetic
take this shit to /pol/

>>2316967
>Actually Fascism was quite popular in Britain

no it wasnt.

>>2316932
Every political ideology is cult like desu.
Can't fucking trust anyone/

>>2314237
Daily reminder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8-Xso-4rro#t=7m53s

>>2317618
what the fuck was he thinking

Something about the water

I think Orwell said something about British people preferring their MPs to be grey boring old men in boring suits. The second yiu start wearing jackboots people start laughing at you