⚡Eineygður Flakkari⚡ on Nostr: Depends what the definition of fascism is. If deriving the term from the use of the ...
Depends what the definition of fascism is. If deriving the term from the use of the fasces symbol, then notably it's been a central symbol of Indigenous American peoples long before contact. An example would be the Haudenosaunee (see url below) who lay claim to the symbol as far back as 1,000 years ago (ie. the founding of their confederacy).
If you're referring to the merger of state and corporation, that stemmed mainly from the advent of "neoliberalism" (mislabelled as capitalism) which was an attempt to weaken laissez-faire capitalism to make it more amenable (or less offensive) to American communist sympathisers by effectively merging state and corporation (eg. regulatory capture).
If you just mean xenophobia and violent racism, then I'm afraid that's far more widespread. In truth it was primarily American libertarians of the 19th and 20th centuries who were responsible for anti-slavery and women's liberation, which they then exported to Europe and the rest of the world (notwithstanding Asia, Africa, etc, where slavery is still legal in many places). So again, no.
Thing is, most people have no clue what "fascism" even means. It's just a slur they use against anyone they don't understand or agree with.
https://5arrowstogether.wordpress.com/tag/five-nations-of-the-haudenosaunee/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/331
If you're referring to the merger of state and corporation, that stemmed mainly from the advent of "neoliberalism" (mislabelled as capitalism) which was an attempt to weaken laissez-faire capitalism to make it more amenable (or less offensive) to American communist sympathisers by effectively merging state and corporation (eg. regulatory capture).
If you just mean xenophobia and violent racism, then I'm afraid that's far more widespread. In truth it was primarily American libertarians of the 19th and 20th centuries who were responsible for anti-slavery and women's liberation, which they then exported to Europe and the rest of the world (notwithstanding Asia, Africa, etc, where slavery is still legal in many places). So again, no.
Thing is, most people have no clue what "fascism" even means. It's just a slur they use against anyone they don't understand or agree with.
https://5arrowstogether.wordpress.com/tag/five-nations-of-the-haudenosaunee/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/331