Summary of What Is Fascism?

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The video provides an overview of fascism, which emerged from the rejection of rational democracies and instead promised a new, stronger society based on irrational and emotional beliefs. Key characteristics of fascism include strict nationalism and the promotion of racial or cultural purity, totalitarianism, and complete control of society by a single party, promotion of private enterprise that serves the national interest, banning of foreign trade, intense use of violence to achieve political goals, and promotion of youth and revolution. Fascism is known for promoting mass murder, censorship, propaganda, and severe inequality, and is universally reviled.

• 00:00:00 In this section, the video discusses the origins and key characteristics of fascism, which was born out of the rejection of rational egalitarian democracies and instead promises to create a new, stronger society based on irrational and emotional beliefs. Fascism is characterized by strict nationalism and the promotion of racial or cultural purity, totalitarianism and the complete control of society by a single ruling party, the promotion of private enterprise that serves the national interest, the banning of foreign trade, the intense use of violence to achieve political goals, and the promotion of youth and revolution. Fascism has promoted mass murder, eugenics, censorship, propaganda, and severe inequality, and is widely considered a nightmare and universally reviled.