In the final days of her campaign, the Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, Kamala Harris, has increased accusations of “fascism” against her rival, Donald Trump. This term is frequently used in politics, both in the United States and in France. To better understand what it means, historically speaking, the world He delved into the origins of the term.
is the Italian word fascist“fascia”, which gave rise to the term fascism, when Benito Mussolini founded the Italian political movement Combat Fascias in 1919. This small group became the National Fascist Party two years later, which came to power in Italy from 1922.
More than a century after Mussolini’s dictatorship, the word “fascism” seems to designate any authoritarian regime born in the 20th century.my century. However, not all dictatorships are fascist.
Based on the Italian examples and German Nazism, historians seem to have agreed on the main axes that characterize fascism: totalitarianism, symbiosis between a single party and the State, nationalism and persecution of enemies, warlike and virilistic ideology…
In this video we return to the origin of the term “fascism” and the different elements that allow it to be characterized. And if you want to know how this term is used in the American presidential campaign, we invite you to read the article below.
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