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[[File:Confederate flag at US capital.jpeg|thumb|[[2021 United States Capitol riot|January 6 rioter]] with the flag of the [[Confederate States of America]] inside the [[United States of America|United States]] capital as a police officer stands idly by and does nothing.]] | |||
Flying their pro-slave flags, armed men marched unopposed into the [[United States of America|United States]] capital on [[2021 United States Capitol riot|January 6, 2021]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJVMoe7OY0 Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol | Visual Investigations]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DfLbrUa5Ng How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol | Visual Investigations]</ref> This was only four years after a large crowd of Americans marched through the streets of [[State of North Carolina|North Carolina]] with their torches, chanting the [[National Socialism|Nazi]] slogans "Sieg Heil!' and 'Blood and soil!' as they demand the [[Genocide|eradication]] of the [[Judaism|Jewish]] people. Just a day after this scene, [[Unite the Right rally|an even larger crowd in North Carolina took control of a large field]], flying Swastika flags and saying that [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] did nothing wrong.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcoYKuoiUrY Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right]</ref> Then [[President of the United States of America|President]] [[Donald Trump]] described these men with Nazi flags and pro-slavery iconography as 'very fine people'<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T45Sbkndjc How PragerU Lies to You: Charlottesville]</ref> and 'great people',<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/11/trump-jan-6-insurrection-these-were-great-people-499165 Trump on Jan. 6 insurrection: 'These were great people']</ref> the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] cheering for him along the way.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-leaders-remain-silent-as-trump-casts-perpetrators-of-jan-6-attack-as-political-prisoners/2021/09/17/4ce91dc2-17d0-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html Republican leaders remain silent as Trump casts perpetrators of Jan. 6 attack as political prisoners]</ref> How did it come to this? How did the same nation that fought against [[Nazi Germany]] in the [[Second World War]] turn into a hotbed of that exact same Nazi sentiment? The answer is simple. The United States of America has had its own [[crisis of capital]] and is now falling into a state of decayed capitalism - [[fascism]]. | |||
== Chapter I: The history of American fascism == | == Chapter I: The history of American fascism == | ||
While the United States has always been built on [[Settler colonialism|settler colonial]] [[imperialism]], the origins of the American fascist movement go back to 1854 - just seven years before the [[American Civil War]]. In 1854, a [[Proto-fascism|proto-fascist]] organization seeking to preserve and expand the institution of [[slavery]] called the [[Knights of the Golden Circle]] (KGC) was formed. The KGC has its roots in [[Manifesto Destiny]], the idea that the United States had a god-given right to rule all of [[North America]], and the [[Monroe Doctrine]], the idea that all of [[America]] was the USA's personal playground.<ref>[https://archive.today/20210408094825/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/knights-of-the-golden-circle Knights of the Golden Circle]</ref> The KGC was semi-[[Militarism|militaristic]] and wanted to establish "military [[Colonialism|colonies]]".<ref name=":0">[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Knights-of-the-Golden-Circle Knights of the Golden Circle]</ref> | While the United States has always been built on [[Settler colonialism|settler colonial]] [[imperialism]], the origins of the American fascist movement go back to 1854 - just seven years before the [[American Civil War]]. In 1854, a [[Proto-fascism|proto-fascist]] organization seeking to preserve and expand the institution of [[slavery]] called the [[Knights of the Golden Circle]] (KGC) was formed. The KGC has its roots in [[Manifesto Destiny]], the idea that the United States had a god-given right to rule all of [[North America]], and the [[Monroe Doctrine]], the idea that all of [[America]] was the USA's personal playground.<ref>[https://archive.today/20210408094825/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/knights-of-the-golden-circle Knights of the Golden Circle]</ref> The KGC was semi-[[Militarism|militaristic]] and wanted to establish "military [[Colonialism|colonies]]".<ref name=":0">[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Knights-of-the-Golden-Circle Knights of the Golden Circle]</ref> | ||
The KGC was part of a bigger issue - the question of slavery in the United States. This issue eventually led to a socioeconomic divide between the Northern and Southern parts of the United States. A socioeconomic that eventually led to the American Civil War between the anti-slavery "Union" led by [[Abraham Lincoln]], a close contemporary of [[Karl Marx]], and the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA), a proto-fascist experiment at creating a [[Feudalism|feudal]] slave state. In effect, this made the American Civil War the [[bourgeois revolution]] of the United States.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Slavery_Capitalism_and_Politics_in_the_A.html?id=8hyklNMI2vgC&source=kp_book_description Slavery, Capitalism, and Politics in the Antebellum Republic: Volume 1, Commerce and Compromise, 1820-1850]</ref> The KGC was dissolved in 1864,<ref name=":0" /> during the 1861-1866<ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-157-declaring-that-peace-order-tranquillity-and-civil-authority-now-exists Proclamation 157—Declaring that Peace, Order, Tranquillity, and Civil Authority Now Exists in and Throughout the Whole of the United States of America]</ref> tenure of the CSA. | The KGC was part of a bigger issue - the question of slavery in the United States. This issue eventually led to a socioeconomic divide between the Northern and Southern parts of the United States. A socioeconomic issue that eventually led to the American Civil War between the anti-slavery "Union" led by [[Abraham Lincoln]], a close contemporary of [[Karl Marx]], and the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA), a proto-fascist experiment at creating a [[Feudalism|feudal]] slave state. In effect, this made the American Civil War the [[bourgeois revolution]] of the Southern United States.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Slavery_Capitalism_and_Politics_in_the_A.html?id=8hyklNMI2vgC&source=kp_book_description Slavery, Capitalism, and Politics in the Antebellum Republic: Volume 1, Commerce and Compromise, 1820-1850]</ref> The KGC was dissolved in 1864,<ref name=":0" /> during the 1861-1866<ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-157-declaring-that-peace-order-tranquillity-and-civil-authority-now-exists Proclamation 157—Declaring that Peace, Order, Tranquillity, and Civil Authority Now Exists in and Throughout the Whole of the United States of America]</ref> tenure of the CSA. | ||
Following the fall of the CSA, a [[White supremacism|white supremacist]] organization known as the [[Ku Klux Klan]] (KKK) came into existence. Given the fact that later sources document it as becoming a fascist organization after fascism had become a semented ideology,<ref>[https://www.americanacademy.de/event/populism-fascism-and-the-klu-klux-klan-of-the-1920s/ Populism, Fascism, and the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s]</ref> it can be argued that the KKK was, in fact, a proto-fascist movement in its early 1865-1872 state. The KKK committed multiple acts of [[terrorism]] against [[black people]] in the Southern United States. While it was dissolved in 1872 during the [[Reconstruction era]], the KKK was revived in 1915 during the [[First World War]] following the release of the movie ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'', which glorified the KKK as heroes of the American people. Following the Second World War | Following the fall of the CSA, a [[White supremacism|white supremacist]] organization known as the [[Ku Klux Klan]] (KKK) came into existence. Given the fact that later sources document it as becoming a fascist organization after fascism had become a semented ideology,<ref>[https://www.americanacademy.de/event/populism-fascism-and-the-klu-klux-klan-of-the-1920s/ Populism, Fascism, and the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s]</ref> it can be argued that the KKK was, in fact, a proto-fascist movement in its early 1865-1872 state. The KKK committed multiple acts of [[terrorism]] against [[black people]] in the Southern United States. While it was dissolved in 1872 during the [[Reconstruction era]], the KKK was revived in 1915 during the [[First World War]] following the release of the movie ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'', which glorified the KKK as heroes of the American people. Following the Second World War, the Nazi ideology became semented in the KKK. Unlike the KGC, the KKK still exists and has begun targeting [[Hispanic people]] in more recent years.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110212043142/http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/kkk/history.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=4&item=kkk Ku Klux Klan - History]</ref> The KKK is widely considered to be a [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] and [[Neo-Confederatism|neo-Confederate]] organization.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/white-nationalist White nationalist groups espouse white supremacist or white separatist ideologies, often focusing on the alleged inferiority of nonwhites. Groups listed in a variety of other categories—Ku Klux Klan, neo-Confederate, neo-Nazi, racist skinhead and Christian Identity—could also be fairly described as white nationalist.]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:50, 6 July 2022
Notice: This essay is a work-in-progress.
Flying their pro-slave flags, armed men marched unopposed into the United States capital on January 6, 2021.[1][2] This was only four years after a large crowd of Americans marched through the streets of North Carolina with their torches, chanting the Nazi slogans "Sieg Heil!' and 'Blood and soil!' as they demand the eradication of the Jewish people. Just a day after this scene, an even larger crowd in North Carolina took control of a large field, flying Swastika flags and saying that Hitler did nothing wrong.[3] Then President Donald Trump described these men with Nazi flags and pro-slavery iconography as 'very fine people'[4] and 'great people',[5] the Republican Party cheering for him along the way.[6] How did it come to this? How did the same nation that fought against Nazi Germany in the Second World War turn into a hotbed of that exact same Nazi sentiment? The answer is simple. The United States of America has had its own crisis of capital and is now falling into a state of decayed capitalism - fascism.
Chapter I: The history of American fascism
While the United States has always been built on settler colonial imperialism, the origins of the American fascist movement go back to 1854 - just seven years before the American Civil War. In 1854, a proto-fascist organization seeking to preserve and expand the institution of slavery called the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was formed. The KGC has its roots in Manifesto Destiny, the idea that the United States had a god-given right to rule all of North America, and the Monroe Doctrine, the idea that all of America was the USA's personal playground.[7] The KGC was semi-militaristic and wanted to establish "military colonies".[8]
The KGC was part of a bigger issue - the question of slavery in the United States. This issue eventually led to a socioeconomic divide between the Northern and Southern parts of the United States. A socioeconomic issue that eventually led to the American Civil War between the anti-slavery "Union" led by Abraham Lincoln, a close contemporary of Karl Marx, and the Confederate States of America (CSA), a proto-fascist experiment at creating a feudal slave state. In effect, this made the American Civil War the bourgeois revolution of the Southern United States.[9] The KGC was dissolved in 1864,[8] during the 1861-1866[10] tenure of the CSA.
Following the fall of the CSA, a white supremacist organization known as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) came into existence. Given the fact that later sources document it as becoming a fascist organization after fascism had become a semented ideology,[11] it can be argued that the KKK was, in fact, a proto-fascist movement in its early 1865-1872 state. The KKK committed multiple acts of terrorism against black people in the Southern United States. While it was dissolved in 1872 during the Reconstruction era, the KKK was revived in 1915 during the First World War following the release of the movie The Birth of a Nation, which glorified the KKK as heroes of the American people. Following the Second World War, the Nazi ideology became semented in the KKK. Unlike the KGC, the KKK still exists and has begun targeting Hispanic people in more recent years.[12] The KKK is widely considered to be a neo-Nazi and neo-Confederate organization.[13]
Sources
- ↑ Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol | Visual Investigations
- ↑ How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol | Visual Investigations
- ↑ Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right
- ↑ How PragerU Lies to You: Charlottesville
- ↑ Trump on Jan. 6 insurrection: 'These were great people'
- ↑ Republican leaders remain silent as Trump casts perpetrators of Jan. 6 attack as political prisoners
- ↑ Knights of the Golden Circle
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Knights of the Golden Circle
- ↑ Slavery, Capitalism, and Politics in the Antebellum Republic: Volume 1, Commerce and Compromise, 1820-1850
- ↑ Proclamation 157—Declaring that Peace, Order, Tranquillity, and Civil Authority Now Exists in and Throughout the Whole of the United States of America
- ↑ Populism, Fascism, and the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s
- ↑ Ku Klux Klan - History
- ↑ White nationalist groups espouse white supremacist or white separatist ideologies, often focusing on the alleged inferiority of nonwhites. Groups listed in a variety of other categories—Ku Klux Klan, neo-Confederate, neo-Nazi, racist skinhead and Christian Identity—could also be fairly described as white nationalist.