Fascism

Canceled!

Fascism is a movement that promotes the idea of a forcibly monolithic, regimented nation under the control of an autocratic ruler. The word fascism comes from fascio, the Italian word for bundle, which in this case represents bundles of people.

Totalitarianism, in conjunction with Fascism, is a form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of individual life to the authority of the state.

What is of more concern, though, is what political philosopher, Sheldon Wolin, described in his groundbreaking book, “Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism.” Author and columnist, Chris Hedges, described “inverted totalitarianism” as “different from classical forms of totalitarianism. It does not find its expression in a demagogue or charismatic leader but in the faceless anonymity of the corporate state. Our inverted totalitarianism pays outward fealty to the facade of electoral politics, the Constitution, civil liberties, freedom of the press, the independence of the judiciary, and the iconography, traditions and language of American patriotism, but it has effectively seized all of the mechanisms of power to render the citizen impotent.”

This is the form of Fascism or Neo-Fascism that Notes takes offense to. There is no affiliation with the “antifa” movement, which is associated with the “far left” (and in violent conflict with the “far right”). Political affiliation is a surface-level issue and is entirely moot.

Update: The Fascistic “lockdown” and “social distancing” mandates in empire were made a mockery by the thousands of protesters in the on-going “race” riots. There is little doubt that the riots are really about pent-up rage over totalitarian oppression of the masses originating with the Fascists themselves. Only a small “spark” was required to ignite the whole landscape.