- 06 May 2014 00:58
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I have noticed on this forum a trend that a lot of fascists like to present this ideology as being anti-imperialist. Often fascism is presented as something which was fighting the Atlantic/American imperialist hegemony. If I am not mistaken the proletarian nation theory might have something to do with this perception.
However it is undeniable that fascism is an inherently imperialist ideology. It is not possible for it to be anti-imperialist. The Drive to the East of National Socialists and Mussolini's expansionism in Africa is a part of this. Furthermore we can see that in fascist Romania (of course it is debatable whether Romania was fascist, but we can agree it was far right) they had irredentist tendencies as well.
Was it not the case that Germany was merely using third world revolutionaries like Subhas Chandra Bose and the Arab nationalists for its own ends? I heard that at the end of the war the Middle East was to be allocated to the Italian zone of influence. I also heard that India was to originally be ruled by Germany after victory but this was changed to give it to Japan.
Why then is there a popular contemporary narrative which presents fascism as something anti-imperialist? Is it because a lot of fascists are people who are looking for a way to be anti-imperialist and socialist while still being nationalist and not leftist?
However it is undeniable that fascism is an inherently imperialist ideology. It is not possible for it to be anti-imperialist. The Drive to the East of National Socialists and Mussolini's expansionism in Africa is a part of this. Furthermore we can see that in fascist Romania (of course it is debatable whether Romania was fascist, but we can agree it was far right) they had irredentist tendencies as well.
Was it not the case that Germany was merely using third world revolutionaries like Subhas Chandra Bose and the Arab nationalists for its own ends? I heard that at the end of the war the Middle East was to be allocated to the Italian zone of influence. I also heard that India was to originally be ruled by Germany after victory but this was changed to give it to Japan.
Why then is there a popular contemporary narrative which presents fascism as something anti-imperialist? Is it because a lot of fascists are people who are looking for a way to be anti-imperialist and socialist while still being nationalist and not leftist?