In Europe around the 1940s‚ there were two major forms of government in the world‚ communism and fascism. The major nations that used these government forms include Germany‚ Italy and Russia. All said nations benefited very greatly from the use of these ideologies whereas both ideologies have many of the same principles and basically just as many opposing principles. The similarities and differences vary greatly in the fields of social and economic influences and the impact on religion throughout
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Fascism in Europe Fascism is a militant political movement that emphasizes on loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader. Promises to restore economy‚ punish those who created the problems and return national pride!! ▪ Often held mass rallies‚ uniforms and special salutes ▪ Limited personal rights ▪ State was supreme ▪ Conservative‚ right wing party that grows from the middle class Italy- Benito Mussolini Post WWI problems: ▪ Rising inflation (prices) ▪
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Doctrine of Fascism Some General Ideological Features "Reactionary concepts plus revolutionary emotion result in Fascist mentality." -Wilhelm Reich Is nationalism inherently evil? Would a one-world government be more preferable? Are appreciating and defending one’s own culture and cultural values somehow primitive instincts that must be overcome by the educational efforts of the enlightened? We have all heard of Fascism‚ but
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Demerits of Democracy More emphasis on quantity than on quality: Majority party holds the reins of government. Inefficient & corrupt‚ who have neither intelligence nor vision‚ get themselves elected. Rule of the incompetent Democracies are run amateurs. In it‚ every citizen is allowed to take part‚ whereas everybody is not fit for it. Locke calls it the act of running administration by the ignorant. He says that history records the fact that a few are intelligent. Universal adult
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Amber Strobbe April 28‚ 2011 Communism/Fascism essay In this essay we are to compare and contrast communism and fascism. The two are alike in some ways but they were never meant to be alike therefore they are very different from each other. Communism is a theoretical economic system of a political movement based on common ownership and the means of production. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were both socialists
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Essay on Democracy – Its Merits and Demerits (free to read). The English word ‘Democracy’ is derived from two Greek words ‘Demos’ and ‘Kratia’ or ‘cratos’. Demos means crowd and ‘Kratia’ or ‘cratos’ means power. This is why the critics of Democracy have described it as Mobocracy. But in reality Democracy is not mobocracy but rule by majority of the people according to certain rules and regulations which are accepted by the people of a country. In the beginning there was direct Democracy.
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Fascism Geographic distribution of Fascism Italy Benito Mussolini began as a socialist. He started moving to a more nationalist ideology and in 1922 formed the first fascist regime. 1939‚ teamed up with Hitler. He was killed in 1945. This marked the end of fascism in Italy. Germany The local variety of fascism in Germany is known as National Socialism (nazi). Adolf Hitler won the largest share of the voted in election in 1932 (33% of the vote)‚ so the president of Germany asked him to form
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Ryan Johnson December 13‚ 2012 HIST 3400 Soper Venetian Fascism in the Shadow of Wars The qualities that compose fascism are debatable and endless. What is really important about fascism is how it attempted to succeed by influencing not only Venetian‚ but also Italian culture and society from the beginning of World War I until the end of World War II. Benito Mussolini when speaking on fascism stated that‚ “…For Fascism‚ the growth of empire‚ that is to say the expansion of the nation‚ is
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rise in America. It is a political platform that is used to promote the ideas of fascism in our country. The recent spike in this party has been the cause of a considerable amount of debate in America. The Nazi ideology was almost non-existent in America prior to World War II. Fourteen years after‚ the American Nazi Party was founded and the rise of neo-Nazism in America began. Starting as just the simple ideas of fascism‚ and then sweeping over most of Europe through the rise of dictators‚ the concept
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shape of Fascism under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. The world ’fascism’ draws its root from the Roman word ’Fascio’ which means a bundle of rods‚ which was once the emblem of the authority of Roman victors. It emerged as a movement in the post World War I period not only to meet the challenges of the international communist movement but also to tackic the various problems which confronted Italy and which the Italian government was not able to tackle. Cause for the Rise of Fascism. A number
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