Fascism Political Spectrum

Fascism and The Political Spectrum

In todays political world, most politicians and ideologues want to be as far removed from Fascism as is possible. Additionally, these same politicians often attempt to brand their opponents as fascists. This has resulted in fascism being used as more of a insult than an ideological identifier. This is not surprising given the unpopular nature of Fascism in modern society. That said, this name calling creates a great deal of confusion and can leave one wondering “Is Fascism Left or Right?”

Fascism — a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

He is widely known, as D’Souza stated, as the philosopher of Fascism. It is also correct that Gentile ghostwrote parts of “The Doctrine of Fascism” from which D’Souza quotes during his PragerU video. Within this essay Gentile states that “Outside the State there can be neither individuals nor groups (political parties, associations, syndicates, classes.) Therefore, Fascism is opposed to Socialism which confines the movement of history within the class struggle and ignores the unity of classes established in one economic and moral reality in the State.” Gentile goes on to state that “Fascism rejects universal concord,… such a conception of life makes Fascism the precise negation of that doctrine which formed the basis of the so-called Scientific, or Marxian

It further demonstrates Dinesh’s claim intentionally dishonest at worst or intellectually lazy at best. This is because Dinesh quotes from “The Doctrine of Fascism” in his video. Either he read the essay and intentionally ignored the quotes I have given because they don’t fit his narrative or he didn’t read the essay. To add insult to injury, Giovanni further states in this essay that “Political doctrines pass; people remain. It is to be expected that this century may be that of authority, a century of the “Right,” a Fascist century.” You read that correctly. Not only does Dinesh D’Souza ignore that Gentile was critical of Marxian Socialism in a feeble attempt to connect Fascism to the left, he ignores that Gentile himself claimed that fascism is a political ideology of the