Fascism

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The confusion about the word "fascism" (like "Nazi") bases IMHO on the fact 
that it is used more and more as abuse, as a swearword. A kind of rhetorical 
exorcism. So Fascism as a sociological term is more and more difficult to 
devide from this exorcism.

"Old Style" and "New style" fascism: you are on the right way. Let's try: Old 
Style Fascism is a "right-wing keynesianism" with special elements (like 
dictatorship, terror regime, a totalitarian ideology etc.), new style fascism 
may be defined as a kind of "right-wing neoliberalism" ("inner security" 
instead of "social security", the reduction of the state to its repressive 
elements). So the impression is not quite wrong the new style fascism is more 
"pluralistic" than the old style one because its ideology is economy-based 
and not state-based; and new style is a paradox thing: "weak but repressive 
state". Or in other words: "public-private-partnership". So new style is a 
mixture of "authoritarian regime" (with pseudo-democratic elements) and 
privatization. Or, as Etienne Balibar says: "etatism without state".



Concerning Italy: there's a long tradition of let's say clerical fascism 
there: the connections between the Christian Democrats, the secret lodge P 2, 
the Mafia, the secret service and (!) the Vaticane; remember the strange 
things that happened during the Aldo Moro Affair... remember Andreotti...a. 
s. o. a. s. o......... 

Kurt-Werner Pörtner