Note: Most people want to use the word “Fascism” purely as term of abuse for rightward critics of liberalism. If that’s your goal, go right ahead and ignore this! I heard some on twitter try to argue contemporary China is a fascist state, presumably with their natalist, masculinist, or Uighur-related policies in mind. The comparison strikes me as pretty off base, which spurred me to look up what we think fascism was. In the wikipedia page on definitions of fascism, almost all the attempts boil down to this: it is the bad type of nationalism or it is too much nationalism. These definitions leave room for both over and under specification.
What was Fascism?
What was Fascism?
What was Fascism?
Note: Most people want to use the word “Fascism” purely as term of abuse for rightward critics of liberalism. If that’s your goal, go right ahead and ignore this! I heard some on twitter try to argue contemporary China is a fascist state, presumably with their natalist, masculinist, or Uighur-related policies in mind. The comparison strikes me as pretty off base, which spurred me to look up what we think fascism was. In the wikipedia page on definitions of fascism, almost all the attempts boil down to this: it is the bad type of nationalism or it is too much nationalism. These definitions leave room for both over and under specification.