Describe a fascist state? Name a few characteristics?
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Here is an article in wikipedia about fascism. It includes characteristics as well as examples.
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Vatican City State.\n\nList of Smallest Countries:\nhttp://geography.about.com/cs/countries/a/smallcountries.htm
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1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism\n\nFascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.\n\n2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights \n\nBecause of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.\n\n3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause\n\nThe people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc. \n\n4. Supremacy of the Military\n\nEven when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.\n\n5. Rampant Sexism\n\nThe governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.\n\n6. Controlled Mass Media\n\nSometimes the media are directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media are indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.\n\n7. Obsession with National Security\n\nFear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.\n\n8. Religion and Government are Intertwined\n\nGovernments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.\n\n9. Corporate Power is Protected\n\nThe industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.\n\n10. Labor Power is Suppressed\n\nBecause the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed. \n\n11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts\n\nFascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.\n\n12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment\n\nUnder fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations\n\n13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption\n\nFascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders. \n\n14. Fraudulent Elections\n\nSometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries
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Blue States: Snobbish, elitists who think that government is the answer to every question...\n\nRed States: Hard working folks who realize that freedom and limited government are what made this country great.
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I never voted for him or his father!!\n\nHe is an alcoholic, draft dodging, liar!!\n\n\n1)  Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays. \n     \nSeptember 11 Freedom Walk\n \nNew Majority Leader: Iraq War “May Be The Greatest Gift That We Give” Our Grandchildren\n \nHeadstones of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are inscribed with the Pentagons war-marketing slogans\n \nWhite House and the RNC are going to make a habit of using uniformed military personnel as props at Republican political rallies, despite the fact that it is a plain violation of military regulations banning politicization of the armed forces.\n \n"You must glorify war in order to get the public to accept the fact that your going to send their sons and daughters to die." The inside story of the cozy relationship between big box office American war movies and the Pentagon\n \n2.)  Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights: Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc. \nBush threatens to veto $442b defense bill if Congress investigates detainee abuses. \nGuantanamo Judge: “I don’t care about international law. I don’t want to hear the words ‘international law’ again. We are not concerned with international law.” \nRumsfeld to approve new guidelines that will formalize the administration's policy of imprisoning without the protections of the Geneva Conventions and enable the Pentagon to legally hold "ghost detainees,"  \nUS 'preparing to detain terror suspects for life without trial' \nU.S. oks evidence gained through torture \nJuly 1, 2003: U.S. Suspends Military Aid to Nearly 50 Countries: because they have supported the International Criminal Court and failed to exempt Americans from possible prosecution. \nUS has at least 9000 prisoners in secret detention \nMore...\n \n3.)  Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause: The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc. \n      \n Congressman: Muslims 'enemy amongst us' \nSB 24, Ohio law to muzzle "liberals" \nWorld history textbook used by seventh-graders at Scottsdale’s Mohave Middle School was pulled from classrooms mid-semester amid growing right criticism of the book’s unbiased portrayal of Islam  \nRallies planned against 'Islamofacism': Event to 'unify all Americans behind common goal' \n  \n4.)  Supremacy of the Military: Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized. \n   If you haven't seen the Oreo flash animation yet, see it here\n \nBush’s Domestic Program Hit List\n \nBush slashes domestic programs, boosts defense. Arlen Spector calls it "scandalous"\n \n Funding for job training, rural health care, low-income schools and help for people lacking health insurance would face big cuts under a bill passed Friday by the House\n \nPentagon to spend 75 billion for three new brigades\n \n \nThree cable channels now feed news, information and entertainment about the armed services into millions of living rooms 24 hours a day, seven days a week: The Military Channel, the Military History Channel and the Pentagon Channel. \nMore...\n \n5.)  Rampant Sexism: The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male
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Fascism.....plain and simple
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And Facism, they are a facist country. There is a melding of government and business. The government tells you what you can and connot do for a living. It is one big government business entity.
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- A world citizen (maybe a little cliché)\n\n- A pan-nationalist (made that one up, like it?)\n\n- A globalist (could get you misunderstood though)\n\n- A cosmopolitanist (just found that on Wikipedia)\n\n- An anti-nationalist (logical enough)\n\n- An internationalist (also logical although kind of Communist)
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"Fascism is on the march today in America. Millionaires are marching to the tune. It will come in this country unless a strong defense is set up by all liberal and progressive forces... A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government, and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany and Italy. Aboard ship a prominent executive of one of America's largest financial corporations told me point blank that if the progressive trend of the Roosevelt administration continued, he would be ready to take definite action to bring fascism to America."\nhttp://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/Fascism.html
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coz they are fascists
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In normal non-regional terms it means toward a private enterprise almost fascist type governmant as opposed to the left winfg which is socialist almost communist type of public ownership government.\nIt comes from the French Revolution where Socialist Republicans stood on the left of the Parliament and Monarchic Loyalists stood on the right.
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Absolutely not. If America was a fascist state, do you think you'd have the freedom to even ask such questions? While it is true that the president and many leaders are extremely right-wing, they are NOT dictators. The US doesn't even actually have a 'ruler.' The president does not have sole power. America is a country of supposed checks and balances. Whether or not you agree with the current path that our country is on, we still have many more freedoms and opportunities than any other country. You still have the right to speak your mind and vote.
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Communism is extreme socialism. Marx's idea was to conquer the world for the deserving people (the workers).  This was a truly terrifying prospect for anyone with any brains and gave rise to the fascist alternative socialist system, which was national rather than international.  This system worked miraculously well in Italy and Germany, while the pure Marxist system seems to have been a bust everywhere.\nIn China the Communist Party has realised this and specifically and unequivocally announced that it will pursue a policy of "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics".   In a big country like China, where not everyone is Han Chinese, this can only be expressed as National Socialism.   Does anyone have the cheek to argue with me?
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He is not a fascist, dirty or clean.  Fascists have followers.\n\nThere isn't a single fool who'll give him a Sieg Heil.
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Fascist, easier to rebel against.
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A member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power in 1933 under Adolf Hitler.\noften nazi An adherent or advocate of policies characteristic of Nazism; a fascist.
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Actually they fit the definition of a Fascist: Fascism is a radical authoritarian political philosophy that combines elements of corporatism, totalitarianism, extreme nationalism, militarism, anti-communism and anti-liberalism.\n\n\n"The modern American conservative comes in many different flavors, but can generally be categorized in one of three ways: social, fiscal and foreign policy conservatism. Certainly these are very general categories, but almost any issue can fit into at least of the three. Social conservatives believe in traditional family values, the protection of innocent life and support religious tolerance. They typically oppose legal abortion and support tough crime laws that provide for punishment before rehabilitation. Fiscal/economic conservatives believe in limited government intrusion when it comes to economic matters and generally support the private sector vice the government when it comes to providing for economic prosperity. They fight for low/no taxes and limited regulation of businesses. They put their faith in the free market and they generally oppose the redistribution of wealth. Foreign policy conservatives, sometimes called hawks, see the value of having a strong military even during peacetime and support the right of a nation to defend itself. Their view of the world is such that they believe there are times when military power is needed to suppress and defeat Some also believe in the proactive spread of democracy around the world. Most recently, the term neocon has been used to describe President Bush's preemptive war on Iraq. Generally speaking, conservatives see a clear line between good and evil, right and wrong. They tend to not believe in moral relativism, which can be seen in their support of directly confronting threats both domestic (criminals) and international (terrorists, adversarial nations or organizations). Its important to note that the three are not mutually exclusive - a conservative can believe in any part or all of the three. Neoconservatives believe in all three. Neoconservatism is the intersection of economic, social and foreign policy conservatism. We are true conservatives in that we believe in all aspects of conservatism - social, economic and foreign policy."