Unlike communism, fascism has no real primary source documents from which the theory and practice of the political system can be pulled. So basically we are left trying to characterize the regimes of Italy and Germany starting in the 1920s and '30s. Here's what I have so far:
- glorification of violence
- victimization complex
- leader worship
- need to call out and eliminate "degenerates"
- equates might and moral authority
- corporative economics
- equates dissent and pacifism with treason
- contempt for multilateralism
- rabidly anti-communist\socialist
- expectation of sacrifice from citizenry
- anti-liberal
- calls for a return to "traditional" values
- contempt for the intellectuals
- contempt for the weak
- anti-democratic
- unrestrained nationalism
- contempt for diversity
What am I missing?
As a side note, I recently saw "Triumph of the Will," and now understand who we have to thank for the current aesthetic of American politics.
