| ▲ | arjie a day ago | |||||||
I will not claim to be an expert historian but one general belief I have is that nomenclature undergoes semantic migration over a century. So for the sake of conciseness I will quote the first demand of each portion of the Fascist Manifesto. This isn't to obscure, because it is in Wikipedia[0] and translated in English on EN Wikipedia[1], but so I can share a sample of whether this is something we can relate to our present day political orientation. Hopefully it will inform what you believe "author of the Fascist Manifesto" to imply: > ... > For this WE WANT: > On the political problem: > Universal suffrage by regional list voting, with proportional representation, voting and eligibility for women. > ... > On the social problem: > WE WANT: > The prompt enactment of a state law enshrining the legal eight-hour workday for all jobs. > ... > On the military issue: > WE WANT: > The establishment of a national militia with brief educational services and exclusively defensive duty. > ... > On the financial problem: > WE WANT: > A strong extraordinary tax on capital of a progressive nature, having the form of true PARTIAL EXPROPRIATION of all wealth. > ... 0: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programma_di_San_Sepolcro#Test... | ||||||||
| ▲ | holden_nelson 18 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
I’m not particularly political and am also not a historian but I don’t think it’s necessarily correct to equate the literal text of the manifesto with the principles and practices of fascism. The message of universal suffrage vs. that of preventing an out group from “stealing” an election are not far apart semantically. Same with workers rights - in practice the worker protection laws that were passed in Italy at this time were so full of loopholes and qualifications that ultimately the workers do not gain power in that system. It is this fair, in my view, to question the spirit of the manifesto in the first place. | ||||||||
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