Do they aim to abolish private ownership of the means of production? No.
Replace markets with central planning for use? No.
Pursue a one-party state and eliminate opposition? No.
Talk about the state withering away and internationalist class revolution? No.
Do they aim to abolish private ownership of the means of production? No.
Replace markets with central planning for use? No.
Pursue a one-party state and eliminate opposition? No.
Talk about the state withering away and internationalist class revolution? No.
If a movement (1) abolishes private capital, (2) plans production for use not profit—phasing out markets/wage labor, (3) seeks proletarian rule via revolution, (4) centralizes power in a worker party aiming for a “withering” state, and (5) prioritizes internationalism—it’s communism.
If a movement (1) abolishes private capital, (2) plans production for use not profit—phasing out markets/wage labor, (3) seeks proletarian rule via revolution, (4) centralizes power in a worker party aiming for a “withering” state, and (5) prioritizes internationalism—it’s communism.
You think on day one it went from freedom to full on fascist state? It's a steady decrease in rights.
You think on day one it went from freedom to full on fascist state? It's a steady decrease in rights.
If a movement (1) demands national rebirth, (2) centers a supreme leader, (3) treats opponents as enemies to be eliminated, (4) uses organized violence and propaganda, and (5) subordinates law, markets, and culture to the nation-state’s will—you’re likely looking at fascism.
If a movement (1) demands national rebirth, (2) centers a supreme leader, (3) treats opponents as enemies to be eliminated, (4) uses organized violence and propaganda, and (5) subordinates law, markets, and culture to the nation-state’s will—you’re likely looking at fascism.
Fascism is a revolutionary, ultra-nationalist, authoritarian politics seeking a totalizing state led by a single charismatic ruler, mobilizes society for a mythic “national rebirth,” and crushes pluralism through propaganda while keeping private property under state direction.
Fascism is a revolutionary, ultra-nationalist, authoritarian politics seeking a totalizing state led by a single charismatic ruler, mobilizes society for a mythic “national rebirth,” and crushes pluralism through propaganda while keeping private property under state direction.