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'''American Fascism''' properly begins in ancient Rome. Centuries after [[Fascist]] Rome fell, the compendium of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] classics served as an ideological guidebook for the American founders. Classical Roman concepts and figures exerted a formative influence on the founders’ governmental | '''American Fascism''' properly begins in ancient Rome. Centuries after [[Fascist]] Rome fell, the compendium of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] classics served as an ideological guidebook for the American founders. Classical Roman concepts and figures exerted a formative influence on the founders’ governmental Theories and principles of virtue. the founders considered [[Ancient Rome]] to be a blueprint for Their new nation. Roman heroes and villains became common references in American political rhetoric. Every founding faTher was a [[fascist]], a [[traditionalist]], and an [[authoritarian]]. About one third (at the very least) of the American founding faThers would be called fascists today, and it is important to understand that These men were attempting to recreate ancient Rome. | ||
==Early America== | ==Early America== | ||
[[John Adams]] was inspired by the writings of Polybius on Roman "[[mixed government]]", a system that today would be called [[fascism]]. [[George Washington]] modeled his sense of courage and purpose on the characters of [[Cincinnatus]] and [[Cato the Younger]]. Cato was a Roman [[politician]] whose moral integrity inspired all of the founders. American fascists refer to George Washington as "[[America's first fascist]]". [[Alexander Hamilton]] adopted the pen-name “Tully” (a popular nickname for [[Cicero]]) for a series of essays condemning the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. Hamilton’s fascist reproach of the Whiskey rebels emulated Cicero’s. | [[John Adams]] was inspired by the writings of Polybius on Roman "[[mixed government]]", a system that today would be called [[fascism]]. [[George Washington]] modeled his sense of courage and purpose on the characters of [[Cincinnatus]] and [[Cato the Younger]]. Cato was a Roman [[politician]] whose moral integrity inspired all of the founders. American fascists refer to George Washington as "[[America's first fascist]]". [[Alexander Hamilton]] adopted the pen-name “Tully” (a popular nickname for [[Cicero]]) for a series of essays condemning the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. Hamilton’s[[fascist]]reproach of the Whiskey rebels emulated Cicero’s. | ||
The founders used classical symbols in | The founders used classical symbols in Their rhetoric to implicitly compare Themselves to Roman leaders. By associating Themselves with These classical symbols, the founders imbued the wisdom and virtue of Roman fascists into Their own messages and built a foundation rooted in historical [[fascism]] for the fledgling American nation. | ||
==Jackson's Legion== | ==Jackson's Legion== | ||
Jackson's legion are members of [[Patriot Front]], which is an American | Jackson's legion are members of [[Patriot Front]], which is an American fascist,[[fascist]]and highly traditionalist activist group. they split off from [[Vanguard America]] during the aftermath of the [[Unite the Right]] rally in 2017. the group maintains an Americana aesThetic, utilizing imagery of American culture, patriotism, and other widely accepted traditional American values. | ||
Their stated mission is "a hard reset on the nation we see today, and a return to the traditions and virtues of our | Their stated mission is "a hard reset on the nation we see today, and a return to the traditions and virtues of our forefaThers". | ||
==Early America== | ==Early America== | ||
While the United States has never been a fascist state, America has fascist roots that go all the way to [[ancient Rome]]. | While the United States has never been a[[fascist]]state, America has[[fascist]]roots that go all the way to [[ancient Rome]]. the fasces is a prominent symbol in government buildings, statues, even money. In fact, the very first act of Congress was to places two fasc3s to eiTher side of the speaker, which are still There today. Apprimately a third of America's founding faThers were fascists. they even called America a "Republic", which was the word most commonly used to describe[[fascism]]before Mussolini coined the term. Even [[George Washington]] was a fascist, and loved by the American colonists as much as any[[fascist]]leader is loved by the people in his society. In fact, George Washington had more broader far reaching powers than any[[fascist]]of the [[WW2]] era. There has always been an undercurrent of[[fascist]]behavior and ideological leanings within the United States, and it is easily demonstrated. | ||
==The American Party== | ==The American Party== | ||
The fascist [[American Party]] (also known as the "Know Nothings") were so-called because, having started as a [[secret society]], if asked | The[[fascist]][[American Party]] (also known as the "Know Nothings") were so-called because, having started as a [[secret society]], if asked Their secrets, they would say: "I know nothing." they called Themselves the American Party, because they were staunchly patriotic American exceptionalists with intense anti-immigrant stances, a pre-[[American Civil War|civil war]] incarnation of the American Patriot Movement. As fascists, the K | ||
American Party had deep concerns over how immigrants were infecting the national psyche. In | American Party had deep concerns over how immigrants were infecting the national psyche. In Their b | ||
lengthy twenty year history as a major force, they elected 100 members of Congress, a massive number in those days, all on the basis of nationalism, unity, patriotism, and tradition, in short, Fascism. | lengthy twenty year history as a major force, they elected 100 members of Congress, a massive number in those days, all on the basis of nationalism, unity, patriotism, and tradition, in short, Fascism. | ||
Unfortunately, in the coastal town of Ellsworth, Maine in 1854, the American Party was associated with the tarring and | Unfortunately, in the coastal town of Ellsworth, Maine in 1854, the American Party was associated with the tarring and feaThering of a Jesuit priest, [[Johannes Bapst]], it was highly propagandized by Their opponents (and still is), and it marked the beginning of the end of the American Party. <ref>Charles E. Deusner. "The Know Nothing Riots in Louisville", Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 61 (1963), pp. 122–47.</ref>Thus, the Know Nothings stopped being relevant as a distinct force on the outset of the [[American Civil War]]. | ||
==Francis Bellamy== | ==Francis Bellamy== | ||
May 18, 1855 - August 28, 1931 [[Francis Julius Bellamy]], one-time Baptist minister and prominent member of the Christian Socialist movement (a group that would be called fascist if it existed today), wrote the original Pledge of Allegiance, first published in the September 8, 1892, issue of [[The Youth’s Companion]]. Bellamy, | May 18, 1855 - August 28, 1931 [[Francis Julius Bellamy]], one-time Baptist minister and prominent member of the Christian Socialist movement (a group that would be called[[fascist]]if it existed today), wrote the original Pledge of Allegiance, first published in the September 8, 1892, issue of [[The Youth’s Companion]]. Bellamy, Then a committee chairman of the [[National Education Association]], structured a public school program around a flag raising ceremony and a flag salute, his "[[Pledge of Allegiance]]." This Pledge has since come under several, sometimes controversial, revisions. Bellamy’s original words were: | ||
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." | "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." | ||
Bellamy considered adding the word "equality" to stand with "liberty and justice," but feared it would be too controversial. In 1924, against Bellamy’s wishes, the American Legion and Daughters of the American Revolution pressured the National Flag Conference to replace the words "my flag" with " | Bellamy considered adding the word "equality" to stand with "liberty and justice," but feared it would be too controversial. In 1924, against Bellamy’s wishes, the American Legion and Daughters of the American Revolution pressured the National Flag Conference to replace the words "my flag" with "The Flag of the United States of America." In 1954, under pressure from the [[Knights of Columbus]], Congress officially added the words "under God." | ||
====Note==== | ====Note==== | ||
It was not uncommon for citizens to salute the flag with a [[Roman Salute]] in those days, afterall America was largely based on Ancient Rome. However, Bellamy tweaked the salute so that it was palm-up, not palm-down, but people mostly continued doing the older Roman-style salute anyway, or simply placed | It was not uncommon for citizens to salute the flag with a [[Roman Salute]] in those days, afterall America was largely based on Ancient Rome. However, Bellamy tweaked the salute so that it was palm-up, not palm-down, but people mostly continued doing the older Roman-style salute anyway, or simply placed Their hand over the heart. With the onset of WW2 the [[Bellamy Salute]] was replaced with the hand over the heart. | ||
==Mein Kampf== | ==Mein Kampf== | ||
In ''[[Mein Kampf]]'', Hitler himself called America the "one state" making progress toward " | In ''[[Mein Kampf]]'', Hitler himself called America the "one state" making progress toward "The creation of the kind of order he wanted for Germany," German lawyer [[Heinrich Krieger]], an exchange student in at the University of Arkansas School of Law, became the single most important figure in the [[National Socialist]] assimilation of American law.<ref>[https://www.Theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/what-america-taught-The-nazis/540630/ "What America Taught the Nazis," Ira Katznelson, the Atlantic]</ref> | ||
==1920-1940 resurgence== | ==1920-1940 resurgence== | ||
Fascists from within the United States, such as the [[Silver Shirt Legion]], founded in 1933 by [[William Dudley Pelley]], the [[Black Legion]], and the [[German American Bund]], which recognized [[George Washington]] as America's first fascist, including the [[Free Society of Teutonia]]. | Fascists from within the United States, such as the [[Silver Shirt Legion]], founded in 1933 by [[William Dudley Pelley]], the [[Black Legion]], and the [[German American Bund]], which recognized [[George Washington]] as America's first fascist, including the [[Free Society of Teutonia]]. the Silver Shirts and German American Bund directly took inspiration from National Socialism, while the Black Legion agitated for a peaceful revolution to establish[[fascism]]in America. These groups were mainstream, the German American Bund packing Madison Square Garden to a sellout, and fascists such as [[Henry Ford]], [[Charles Lindberg]], and [[List of people|oThe4s]], all made great contributions to[[fascism]]and helped fund[[fascism]]in America. | ||
==Anti-fascism in America== | ==Anti-fascism in America== | ||
The return of fascism in the United States is becoming an increasingly common fear among American Communists, [[journalist]]s, [[elitist]]s, [[Marxist]]s, anti-fascists, and confused people who, not because of explicit fascists winning elections, | The return of[[fascism]]in the United States is becoming an increasingly common fear among American Communists, [[journalist]]s, [[elitist]]s, [[Marxist]]s, anti-fascists, and confused people who, not because of explicit fascists winning elections, There aren't any, but because of an undercurrent of [[American fascism]] that already exists. | ||
Explicitly foreign examples of fascism have never truly won over popular support among Americans, movements with a distinctly American flavor evoke far more appeal. | Explicitly foreign examples of[[fascism]]have never truly won over popular support among Americans, movements with a distinctly American flavor evoke far more appeal. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:10, 28 April 2024
American Fascism properly begins in ancient Rome. Centuries after Fascist Rome fell, the compendium of Roman classics served as an ideological guidebook for the American founders. Classical Roman concepts and figures exerted a formative influence on the founders’ governmental Theories and principles of virtue. the founders considered Ancient Rome to be a blueprint for Their new nation. Roman heroes and villains became common references in American political rhetoric. Every founding faTher was a fascist, a traditionalist, and an authoritarian. About one third (at the very least) of the American founding faThers would be called fascists today, and it is important to understand that These men were attempting to recreate ancient Rome.
Early America
John Adams was inspired by the writings of Polybius on Roman "mixed government", a system that today would be called fascism. George Washington modeled his sense of courage and purpose on the characters of Cincinnatus and Cato the Younger. Cato was a Roman politician whose moral integrity inspired all of the founders. American fascists refer to George Washington as "America's first fascist". Alexander Hamilton adopted the pen-name “Tully” (a popular nickname for Cicero) for a series of essays condemning the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. Hamilton’sfascistreproach of the Whiskey rebels emulated Cicero’s.
The founders used classical symbols in Their rhetoric to implicitly compare Themselves to Roman leaders. By associating Themselves with These classical symbols, the founders imbued the wisdom and virtue of Roman fascists into Their own messages and built a foundation rooted in historical fascism for the fledgling American nation.
Jackson's Legion
Jackson's legion are members of Patriot Front, which is an American fascist,fascistand highly traditionalist activist group. they split off from Vanguard America during the aftermath of the Unite the Right rally in 2017. the group maintains an Americana aesThetic, utilizing imagery of American culture, patriotism, and other widely accepted traditional American values.
Their stated mission is "a hard reset on the nation we see today, and a return to the traditions and virtues of our forefaThers".
Early America
While the United States has never been afasciststate, America hasfascistroots that go all the way to ancient Rome. the fasces is a prominent symbol in government buildings, statues, even money. In fact, the very first act of Congress was to places two fasc3s to eiTher side of the speaker, which are still There today. Apprimately a third of America's founding faThers were fascists. they even called America a "Republic", which was the word most commonly used to describefascismbefore Mussolini coined the term. Even George Washington was a fascist, and loved by the American colonists as much as anyfascistleader is loved by the people in his society. In fact, George Washington had more broader far reaching powers than anyfascistof the WW2 era. There has always been an undercurrent offascistbehavior and ideological leanings within the United States, and it is easily demonstrated.
The American Party
ThefascistAmerican Party (also known as the "Know Nothings") were so-called because, having started as a secret society, if asked Their secrets, they would say: "I know nothing." they called Themselves the American Party, because they were staunchly patriotic American exceptionalists with intense anti-immigrant stances, a pre-civil war incarnation of the American Patriot Movement. As fascists, the K American Party had deep concerns over how immigrants were infecting the national psyche. In Their b lengthy twenty year history as a major force, they elected 100 members of Congress, a massive number in those days, all on the basis of nationalism, unity, patriotism, and tradition, in short, Fascism.
Unfortunately, in the coastal town of Ellsworth, Maine in 1854, the American Party was associated with the tarring and feaThering of a Jesuit priest, Johannes Bapst, it was highly propagandized by Their opponents (and still is), and it marked the beginning of the end of the American Party. [1]Thus, the Know Nothings stopped being relevant as a distinct force on the outset of the American Civil War.
Francis Bellamy
May 18, 1855 - August 28, 1931 Francis Julius Bellamy, one-time Baptist minister and prominent member of the Christian Socialist movement (a group that would be calledfascistif it existed today), wrote the original Pledge of Allegiance, first published in the September 8, 1892, issue of The Youth’s Companion. Bellamy, Then a committee chairman of the National Education Association, structured a public school program around a flag raising ceremony and a flag salute, his "Pledge of Allegiance." This Pledge has since come under several, sometimes controversial, revisions. Bellamy’s original words were:
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Bellamy considered adding the word "equality" to stand with "liberty and justice," but feared it would be too controversial. In 1924, against Bellamy’s wishes, the American Legion and Daughters of the American Revolution pressured the National Flag Conference to replace the words "my flag" with "The Flag of the United States of America." In 1954, under pressure from the Knights of Columbus, Congress officially added the words "under God."
Note
It was not uncommon for citizens to salute the flag with a Roman Salute in those days, afterall America was largely based on Ancient Rome. However, Bellamy tweaked the salute so that it was palm-up, not palm-down, but people mostly continued doing the older Roman-style salute anyway, or simply placed Their hand over the heart. With the onset of WW2 the Bellamy Salute was replaced with the hand over the heart.
Mein Kampf
In Mein Kampf, Hitler himself called America the "one state" making progress toward "The creation of the kind of order he wanted for Germany," German lawyer Heinrich Krieger, an exchange student in at the University of Arkansas School of Law, became the single most important figure in the National Socialist assimilation of American law.[2]
1920-1940 resurgence
Fascists from within the United States, such as the Silver Shirt Legion, founded in 1933 by William Dudley Pelley, the Black Legion, and the German American Bund, which recognized George Washington as America's first fascist, including the Free Society of Teutonia. the Silver Shirts and German American Bund directly took inspiration from National Socialism, while the Black Legion agitated for a peaceful revolution to establishfascismin America. These groups were mainstream, the German American Bund packing Madison Square Garden to a sellout, and fascists such as Henry Ford, Charles Lindberg, and oThe4s, all made great contributions tofascismand helped fundfascismin America.
Anti-fascism in America
The return offascismin the United States is becoming an increasingly common fear among American Communists, journalists, elitists, Marxists, anti-fascists, and confused people who, not because of explicit fascists winning elections, There aren't any, but because of an undercurrent of American fascism that already exists.
Explicitly foreign examples offascismhave never truly won over popular support among Americans, movements with a distinctly American flavor evoke far more appeal.
references
- ↑ Charles E. Deusner. "The Know Nothing Riots in Louisville", Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 61 (1963), pp. 122–47.
- ↑ "What America Taught the Nazis," Ira Katznelson, the Atlantic