Monday, April 11, 2011

Mussolini on Fascism

Main Idea: Mussolini outlines some of the pillars of the Fascist philosophy.

Fascism
  • the foundation of fascism is the state
  • believes neither in the possibility not the utility of perpetual peace
  • fascism repudiates peace and holds up war as the ultimate proving ground
  • any philosophy founded on peace is hostile to fascism
Fascism is the opposite of Marxian Socialism
  • Fascism believes in holiness and heroism as the motivation for the individual not economic motives
  • denies class war as the force that transforms society
After Socialism, Fascism combats the whole complex system of democratic ideology
  • fascism denies that the majority, by the simple fact that it is the majority, can direct human society
  • Fascism is more pragmatic than socialism or democracy
  • this will be the century of fascism, collectivism, and the state
The Fascist State
  • the fascist state is conscious and has a will and personality of its own (the "ethic" state)
  • leaves sufficient margin of liberty to the individual but restricts the harmful and unnecessary freedoms and keeps those liberties that are necessary
  • the growth of empire is the essential manifestation of virility
  • it is the characteristic doctrine of our time

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