Summary III
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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This is the third part of my conclusion to my series of letters summarizing the basic characteristics of fascism and communism and the differences and similarities between them. The second part of my conclusion was printed in the Times-Union on July 28th.
Similarities Between Communism & Fascism Continued
Both Communism and Fascism are forms of totalitarian dictatorship, which usually have the following key characteristics:
7. Totalitarianism - The strong belief in and practice of violent unchallengeable government intervention into, regulation of, micromanagement of and the eventual assimilation into a state collective of every aspect of human life usually to a common plan or vision of the way one thinks the world should operate.
8. Unconditional Obedience and Service to the State and Community - The individual in a totalitarian society is viewed by their government, their fellow citizens and even themselves as a mere worker ant or an appendage of a larger group-being, whose sole purpose in life is to faithfully and unconditionally sacrifice all they have for great good of the collective as embodied by the state and its leaders.
9. State Monopoly on Media Outlets - In order to control the flow of information and shape public opinion. The government has ownership/control of all media outlets such as books, magazines, newspapers, radio, television, movies, Internet, etc. while censoring any independent media outlets that would challenge official state propaganda.
10. Genuine Popular Support from the Masses - The ruling regime often receives real approval from either a majority or substantial minority of the oppressed population. This combined with neutrality from the rest of the oppressed population, isolates those who engage in passive or active resistance against the ruling regime.
11. The Supreme Leader - The ruling regime is usually headed by an iron-fisted tyrant who is always right and never wrong on just about everything under the sun.
12. Concentration of Power in the Hands of a Few - In a fascist or communist regime political, economic and military power are monopolized by the state which is controlled by a ruling elite usually in the form of a single political party. That single political party has a monopoly on power over every part of government from the executive, legislative, judicial branches to the police, military and the bureaucracy.
13. Anti-Freedom - a communist or fascist regime would either engage in out-right prohibition of basic human freedoms or severely restrict them to the point of non-existence.
The final similarities between communism and fascism will follow shortly.
Alexander Houze
Leesburg
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This is the third part of my conclusion to my series of letters summarizing the basic characteristics of fascism and communism and the differences and similarities between them. The second part of my conclusion was printed in the Times-Union on July 28th.
Similarities Between Communism & Fascism Continued
Both Communism and Fascism are forms of totalitarian dictatorship, which usually have the following key characteristics:
7. Totalitarianism - The strong belief in and practice of violent unchallengeable government intervention into, regulation of, micromanagement of and the eventual assimilation into a state collective of every aspect of human life usually to a common plan or vision of the way one thinks the world should operate.
8. Unconditional Obedience and Service to the State and Community - The individual in a totalitarian society is viewed by their government, their fellow citizens and even themselves as a mere worker ant or an appendage of a larger group-being, whose sole purpose in life is to faithfully and unconditionally sacrifice all they have for great good of the collective as embodied by the state and its leaders.
9. State Monopoly on Media Outlets - In order to control the flow of information and shape public opinion. The government has ownership/control of all media outlets such as books, magazines, newspapers, radio, television, movies, Internet, etc. while censoring any independent media outlets that would challenge official state propaganda.
10. Genuine Popular Support from the Masses - The ruling regime often receives real approval from either a majority or substantial minority of the oppressed population. This combined with neutrality from the rest of the oppressed population, isolates those who engage in passive or active resistance against the ruling regime.
11. The Supreme Leader - The ruling regime is usually headed by an iron-fisted tyrant who is always right and never wrong on just about everything under the sun.
12. Concentration of Power in the Hands of a Few - In a fascist or communist regime political, economic and military power are monopolized by the state which is controlled by a ruling elite usually in the form of a single political party. That single political party has a monopoly on power over every part of government from the executive, legislative, judicial branches to the police, military and the bureaucracy.
13. Anti-Freedom - a communist or fascist regime would either engage in out-right prohibition of basic human freedoms or severely restrict them to the point of non-existence.
The final similarities between communism and fascism will follow shortly.
Alexander Houze
Leesburg
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