Personally, I think it is more accurate to call him a vulgar conventionalist and para-fascist with a narcissistic personality disorder. He isn’t what one would call a “true believer” of fascism, he doesn’t have any real ideology, just whatever his limited intellect can use to gain as much wealth and power he can. However, I won’t fault anyone calling him fascist.
Vulgar conventionalism is … that the life according to nature is the preserve of a small minority, of the natural elite, of those who are truly men and not [born] to be slaves. To be more precise, the summit of happiness is the life of the tyrant, of the man who has successfully committed the greatest crime by subordinating the city as a whole to his private good and who can afford to drop the appearance of justice or legality.
para-fascism – a form of authoritarian and ultra-nationalist conservatism which adopts the external trappings of fascism while rejecting its call for genuine social and ethical revolution (see pp. 120–4)
Mussolini was the founder and biggest proponent of Fascism. Hitler was a convert and supporter, since it was really just a popular face for what he was already doing.
Personally, I think it is more accurate to call him a vulgar conventionalist and para-fascist with a narcissistic personality disorder. He isn’t what one would call a “true believer” of fascism, he doesn’t have any real ideology, just whatever his limited intellect can use to gain as much wealth and power he can. However, I won’t fault anyone calling him fascist.
Vulgar conventionalism is … that the life according to nature is the preserve of a small minority, of the natural elite, of those who are truly men and not [born] to be slaves. To be more precise, the summit of happiness is the life of the tyrant, of the man who has successfully committed the greatest crime by subordinating the city as a whole to his private good and who can afford to drop the appearance of justice or legality.
Natural Right and History, Leo Strauss.
para-fascism – a form of authoritarian and ultra-nationalist conservatism which adopts the external trappings of fascism while rejecting its call for genuine social and ethical revolution (see pp. 120–4)
Nature of Fascism, R Griffin
I was under the impression that most fascists weren’t really true believers.
Though Hitler was, from what I know of him. But that’s really the only major fascist historical figure I know much about.
Mussolini was the founder and biggest proponent of Fascism. Hitler was a convert and supporter, since it was really just a popular face for what he was already doing.
Interesting, thank you for the additional info.
I need to sit down and try and learn more about historical fascism and the different shapes it’s taken at some point
Hope you have a lovely day my friend
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Jesus, man, he just said he’s effectively a fascist that simply does not actually believe true fascist ideals. That’s not defending shit.
I prefer academic definitions to empty signifiers, and am not impressed by the outburst, it only reveals a latent authoritarian impulse.
Rude.