The "F" Word - Fascism

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Let's have an honest conversation about Fascism. I am not endorsing the ideology nor am I disparaging it. I intend to look at it as objectively as I can. Shall we start by declaring what Fascism isn't?

>antifia are the real fascists
This is a common one I hear and it shows a shallow understanding of the ideology. Fascism does not simply mean men in black beating the hell out of their opponents.

>nazi germany was fascist
This is quite a complicated one. While it is true that Hitler was, in part, inspired by Fascist Italy, it would not be truthful to say that his implementation of National Socialism had the same intentions or results as Mussolini's Fascism had in Italy. You can draw comparisons between the two but National Socialism and Fascism are not synonymous.

Reading:
>The Doctrine of Fascism
http://www.worldfuturefund.org/wffmaster/Reading/Germany/mussolini.htm
This is an essential text and the best place to start. It was written by Mussolini and an Italian intellectual, Giovanni Genital. It's quite a short read and you can read it on the linked website for free.

>Fascism Viewed From the Right
https://juliusevola.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/9-fascism-viewed-from-the-right.pdf
This book was written by the Italian esotericist, Julius Evola. Evola is a complicated theorist and I don't want to get into his work right now but this book in particular provides a very unique perspective on Fascism.

If you have other reading material please share.