Neo-fascism is a term that refers to the post-world war two ideological trends that feature ultranationalism, strong militarism, reactionism, and other features of the orginial fascist movements. Similar to the fascists of the 20th century, neo-fascism is born as a reaction to changing social climates, as well as growing economic hardships among the petit-bourgeoisie.
With the rise of neoliberalism, and the increasing concentration of capital into fewer-and-fewer hands, neo-fascism has gained new popularity among many nations, particularly as things such as intensifying climate change and economic hardships (the results of capitalism) ravage the mddle class.[1][2]
The term "neofascist" is often vaugely defined, and besides its usage as a mere pejorative, "neofascism" better refers to an entire grouping of far-right trends that appered after classical fascism largely died as a power-holding ideology after world war two.
Features
Many neo-fascist movements are created and gain popularity for similar reasons as to how the old fascists got popularity - that is to say - by using social, political, or economic chaos as a means of advocating for a return to a past golden age; or other words - a palingenesis. Commonly, the fascists of the modern epoch will blame the ills a society suffers from on a scapegoat, one that rarely ever relates to the internal economic classes of a capitalist society, and much more often, foreigners, sometimes those whom are of another (often percived) race. In other cases, the neofascist will have his scapegoat be that of conspiracy, blaming the problems the people face on an underground and otherwise subversive force, regardless of how scientifically or logically false it may be. These two examples of blaming issues on a race or on a conspiracy need not conflict, as often times, the neofascist will claim that a race is preforming or at least aiding in the conspiracy. This trend is common with, for example, anti-semites.
References
- ↑ Marc-André Argentino, Blyth Crawford, Florence Keen, Hannah Rose (2021). [https://icsr.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ICSR-Report-Far-From-Gone-The-Evolution-of-Extremism-in-the-First-100-Days-of-the-Biden-Administration.pdf Far From Gone: The Evolution of Extremism in the First 100 Days of the Biden Administration]. London: International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation..
- ↑ "Understanding the Rise of the Far Right: The Need for a Historical Approach". EuropeNow. Retrieved 2022-6-20.