POL113H5 Lecture Notes - Corporatism, Liberalism, Class Conflict
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Uses violence against those it considers the enemy (bolshevik, communists, foreigners, homosexuals, immigrants, intellectuals, jews, muslims, poc, traitor, etc). Within all fascisms to see human beings most alive when they are being most brutal. It is often a synonym for bad, evil, intolerant, and violent. Voluntarism- human will is itself capable of altering the environment and world to fit their image of what it should be. The nation- either one is a member of it or one is not. One achieves the realization of human potential only in and through the nation. Nations are groups defined with a common attachment; language, geography, culture, history, destiny, rituals, etc. Are said to accommodate, preserve, and protect the existence of these groups. In fascism, the nation possesses a distinct and singular history, a postulated unity and cohesiveness, and a destiny of its own. The nation is based on concrete cultural and historical achievements.