Absolutism and Fascism

Absolutism was about getting rid of rebellious nobles, and had nothing to do with "the people" or "the nation" that were so important to the Fascists. It was just one end of an Aristocratic squabble, and the Fascists were extremely anti-aristocrat

>>2900703
Fascism was more march-y and police-y. Abs Monarchies were more tradition-y and aristocratic.

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>>2900703
All Ideologies died in the 20th century.
You have to come up with a new one to fit the current world we live in.

>>2900703
Well it would be proto-fascism compared to someone like Napoleon who would be fascist (Bonapartism). So what marks the split between proto-fascism and fascism would be the events between absolute monarchy and Napoleon i.e. the Enlightenment and the revolution. So Enlightenment ideas of the nation aren't applicable to absolute monarchy and I'd say that's where the key difference lies. So to answer you question yes probably, but no doubt there are other people who know more.

>>2900740
That's a pretty fancy way of saying "I don't know"

>>2900759
Well I was saying "here's what I do know"

Fascism is a complex political, and social ideology that has a lot of opinions on a lot of things. Absolutism was a strictly political ideology that was really just Monarchs seeking to be independent of vassal nobility. Although both do have the similarity of an all-powerful leader, fascism seeks to actively use this total power to completely regulate society, whereas Absolutists do not. Fascism could arise independently of, or even in opposition to, Absolutism.

>>2900703
>Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg

swank joyeuse

>>2900703
They have barely anything in common accept both being authoritarian.

Can the ridiculous meme that anything authoritarian = fascism die please?

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No, OP, you're retarded.

Absolutism was more about controlling the nobles [i.e. your own government], than it was about controlling the people. It boiled down to the "Sun King" keeping his nobles under constant surveillance and unease.

Fascism is pretty vague. It revolves around making sure that your "group" maintains military and corporate superiority, even if that maintenance is held at the expense of those in the non-"group".

Fascism, in its theory, is a much more ancient form of government.