Fascism Explained: World History Review

[@benwest7420]

I was distracted by the rectangles

[@augustinedaudu9203]

Reichtangle *

[@bappydatta1698]

So was I. trying to figure out the exact point where they met and detached.

[@ReelNinjafishing]

Get a fidget spinner.

[@mjansen51]

It closes the eyes.

[@paulgarrahan42]

👤👤🍶👩🏽🐝🐝🦇🐝🦌🦌🦌🍴🍴🌨🦇🦇🦉

[@DavidWilliamsaz]

You skipped Franco's Spain in the list of fascist regimes.

[@hiphughes]

I was focused on the only two for a thematic essay for kids. Franco will have have to get his own vid.

[@psulionz87]

Viva Espana! Especially when a Franco isn't in power :)

[@nickbixby5151]

Which the US supported......

[@HistoryNerd808]

+Nick Bixby That's inaccurate. At that point in our history we we had a policy of isolationism and we maintained a strict neutrality during the Spanish Civil War. We didn't really start to move out of that isolation period until about 1940 when we helped the Allies with Lend-Lease and obviously not with troops until December of 1941 after Pearl Harbor.

[@Augments]

+Michael Hill americans supported him through corporations, Texaco oil ignored the embargo and supplied the fascists with oil.

[@benitomussolini1389]

I tried my best

[@camilofuentes7056]

gambate kudasai mussolini-san

[@yurimikhail6907]

But it was not good enough.

[@raohdensetsu]

🤣

[@captainanyonebutteo9126]

Thank Greece 🇬🇷

[@geminitaurus8693]

El Dudowardo y El Presidanto en 2025 Votè El Dudowardo

[@coldwarsarge7592]

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[@Davidsavage8008]

Loud and clear . 🎶

[@swampsprite9]

He misunderstood that communism isn't like fascism; while there are different forms of it, it's always about workers control of the state and capital. Some forms are anti-state.

[@senorsombrero9934]

Our Social Studies teacher would always have us watch you before learning a topic. The students absolutely loved you, and you even had a small fan group going for you. Just dropping in to say thanks for all of the entertainment you gave me and my friends. Best of luck

[@hiphughes]

Thanks for the warm teacher fuzzy brother!

[@randysavage1]

Communists believe in a class based society. Ask china or russia. Or lennin. The first implementator of communism. Facism ideas started before Mussolini too btw

[@jean-louispech4921]

@@randysavage1 Communism is a classless society, read Marx.... Regime labeled communist but based on classes with strong power from one and few or no power for the other class are not communists by definition, just by propaganda. Communism need to pass by a society ruled by the workers and going to the destruction of the classes for making everybody equal. Communism is the end of the Class war, by end of the class. Nor Stalin, nor Mao were near of this ideology, they are at the opposite. But you believe in totalitarian propaganda. It is the proof that they were strong with propaganda because even after their death you believe in their propaganda.

[@ryu-ss3mh]

@@randysavage1 what. Communism is the classless ideology. Fascism is the most class based ideology. Read Marx as Jean-Louis said.

[@nemesis8195]

I love this comment section, people with empty one line statements trying to protect their beliefs lol (Don't kill me with your statements too, I am just here for a school assignment)

[@donaldbadowski290]

Plato was Greek, not Italian. You're allowed to edit dude. We won't think less of you.

[@Davidsavage8008]

B of A is Italian 😊

[@Trevie3]

Good video but Plato was Greek!

[@cosmomassoglia6538]

Yeah!

[@FEPDbIWEHKO]

"I do not recognize that the great injustice was committed against the red Indians of America or the black aborigines of Australia," said one prominent European figure. And he explained: "I do not recognize that injustice was committed against these people because a stronger race, a cleaner race, a more wise race ... came and took their place." End quote. Do you know who said that? - Hitler? - No. Churchill. Hitler had a good education with the English, only now he let them down at the last minute, for which they were angry with him.

[@marionhope7506]

Both men are racists, so who GAF about them. If there is any TRUE justice in the universe, what passes as a soul for either men is in extreme torment.😊

[@willmartinez5496]

Thank you, very informative.

[@saraabubakar6438]

Why has no one mentioned the fact that he called Plato Roman??????????? Cringe

[@dinobrya2]

I caught that too.😆

[@nicholasstamatakis]

Yeah, I wanted to throw up when I heard that

[@theparadigm8149]

Maybe Mussolini is the idiot that thought Plato was Roman 🤷‍♂️ and Hughes just copied him 🤔

[@theparadigm8149]

Hawaii Hustler oof

[@Davidsavage8008]

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[@Ken19700]

There was no right side in WWI.

[@martonlerant5672]

There was a right side, if right and wrong exists. Right is our group, wrong is the others. That is how good and evil is defined in practice. What makes a war hero different from a serial killer? He kills bad guys! Why are bad guys bad? Because they kill our guys! Why are our guys good? Because they kill the bad guys!

[@lotrchaos]

There wasn't one in WWII either

[@Ken19700]

When Hitler decided to conquer Europe the side against him was the right side.

[@lotrchaos]

+Ken MacMillan what about the ally that conquered Asia? The Soviet Union

[@lotrchaos]

+Ken MacMillan I will admit that he was a kinda shitty tactician

[@campbellbailey9614]

i believe that one of the things about fascism is is that it believes in might is right and the whole idea of the powerful should not be ashamed of doing whatever they want to do and being unafraid of using violence as a first call way of manipulating and controling politics and the state

[@db87x97]

Yea thats funny, kinda like our democrat party here in America.

[@fuzzybits410]

@@db87x97 Jan 6th. 'Nuff sed.

[@f1y7rap]

@@fuzzybits410 right, and the Feds had NOTHING to do with it, didn't instigate anything by calling for people to go into the building the day before, or standing down 1/3 or more of capital police, refusing to accept National Guard to bolster security/law enforcement, Oh... and that pesky issue of states violating their own Constitutions, unmonitored drop-boxes, accusations (that have now resulted in convictions) of illegal voting/electioneering ect, AND the double standard of it being a GOOD thing for the Left to riot and burn down courthouses, buildings, loot stores and cause billions in damages but people being mad about the election and being whipped up into a frenzy is BAD and an insurrection... All you have to look at is Who wants a consolidation of power at the top and Who wants a distribution of power at the lowest level possible...

[@marionhope7506]

@@fuzzybits410 🫡

[@Theblondegamer2012]

Holy jesus christ is this comment section a dumpster fire

[@hiphughes]

+Theblondegamer And those are the comments that were not put automatically under review.

[@bishopofapples]

@@hiphughes Say I was getting a degree focused on the rhetoric of highly polarized partisans, how hard would it be to get those comments from you? Say, I asked nicely? Stay strong comrade.

[@FunkyPertwee]

Now can we get one explaining the military industrial complex and its relationship to central banking?

[@thetayterminator1436]

Its relationship with the United States Petroleum Corporations is much more interesting and has impacted US Foreign Policy to some seriously devastating results.

[@douglasmueller4684]

Wow you hit that out of the park. Would be censored.

[@joannemercader7073]

Not! Truth is dangerous

[@theboys5659]

The Tayterminator any videos on this somewhere?

[@borysnijinski331]

GOP socialism that they claim is not socialism.

[@dimitrikorsakov2570]

You say fascism accepted class differences, didn't Hitler talk about destroying class distinctions?

[@bedrichdonner9358]

It's not about destroying as much as restructuring in order to determine a more productive collaboration between humans.

[@dimitrikorsakov2570]

***** I think he actually talked about eliminating social classes in speeches. Also, I heard someone say once that Mussolini edited a Marxist journal.

[@bedrichdonner9358]

+Dimitri Korsakov Indeed. Mussolini was firstly a communist as he wrote for an Italian journal named "The Worker’s Future". Nothing to comment on that. About Hitler speeches... It's true that he spoke about eliminating social classes but I don't remember if he used these EXACT words. You know, the main purpose of an Adolf Hitler speech was to electrify the masses, to deliver it what it wanted to hear and after that to really inform it. So it's not always right to get a final and very strong opinion about National-Socialism (or any other political view) only by listening to some public speeches. * If you really want to know, the pure "National-Socialist" ideology, as it appears in "Mein Kampf", reffers to a balanced economical system where workers wages (regardless of their field) must became fair and pretty much equal. Of course, one does not work for himself but for the entire community and in this case all jobs are important in their own way. As a consequence, no worker is more important than other and their wages should always reflect that. What would seem rather confusing for you is that "N-S" also approves the existence of patrons and talks about the possibility of accumulating decent amount of money if you won them through hard work or other legal and moral means. State will always collaborate with corporations and regulate the economy. If you want a place where to work - there, you have it. If you want to climb up the social ladder... Be good in what are you doing, work harder and - there, you have it.

[@antikertech157]

Dimitri Korsakov actually he talked about the union of classes, without destoying them, a union in the sense to work as a team. Nationalsocialism is not related at all with marxist socialism.

[@dootdoot1867]

Dimitri Korsakov what class was an ss soldier?

[@charlotteneal7789]

please do your own research of history before believing everything in this video there are more things to explain and this video doesn't cover how these people came to power in the first place. It leaves out half of the story of the people behind the scenes.

[@hiphughes]

+curious mind098 it's not the rise of fascism explained. Perhaps another video. But thanks for the two cents. I just can't be uploading 45 minute lectures.

[@MrShelterman]

Keith Hughes it's been a while since I read me kempf but I distinctly remember Hitler saying that all races should be self interested in their own group. I forget if he actually said aryans were better in the form of a fact or was in a preference for him? I forget which it was, did he believe in race superiority or did he advocate the promulgation of this to the people as a means for unity ? I distinctly remember hitler almost flip flopping from logic to emotion.

[@SavageDawgJoshua]

0:48 seconds in and already a tissue of lies. "Fascism is loyalty to the state and obedience to the ruler". What a load of horseshit.

[@SavageDawgJoshua]

Yes PLEASE do. This was a ridiculous Trump hit piece associating Trump and his supporters with Nazis and fascists. THIS desperate piece of shit (Keith Hughes) was (in July 2016) using Nazi propaganda techniques to make a speech that was 90% true to sell you the 10% of "subliminally false" information as fact. Tell this wanker son of a bitch to fuck off. Hillary lost. Move to North Korea where the communism is good.

[@saskcom2400]

stmichelob ok so what is fascism then stmichelob?

[@zaloarg]

"We need to make Italy great again" Wow that sounds familiar, doesn't it?

[@itisimatadvc]

It's populism, Tony Blair said it about Britain, Trump said it about the US, it's a strategy that's been used time again throughout history.

[@titusmccarthy]

@@itisimatadvc Tony Blair is also a war criminal.

[@josecano326]

zaloarg if you think america is fascist rn, you have to be demented...

[@ethanosborne8487]

That means a totally different think with a much more wise meaning.

[@californiacoast7021]

And now in 2024… Fascism is on the rise right under everyone’s noses. Congratulations, America. You’ve come full circle and have brought fascism to your own people

[@imkira4805]

democracy is beautiful in theory but in reality it is a fallacy.

[@augustinedaudu9203]

I'M KIRA well then, how do you explain Britain France Germany many other European nations and the US? There are all Democratic republics

[@erraticonteuse]

Our governments are flawed because people are flawed. That's why the only logical thing to do is to spread out political power and influence around as many people as possible. It won't lead to the most effective or efficient government, but it consistently protects the vast majority of people from the very worst extremes humanity is capable of.

[@chadstone7670]

I'M KIRA big money and corruption destroys it

[@bojandjekic1]

Pls, US is classical example of fascist state, pure FASCIST STATE!!! Germany has Merkel Fuhrer for almost 15 years, England is text book class society where only few familys and wealthy persons holding real power... And i am thinking that France is real democracy but has much inner troubles. And all that EU countries are dominions of US, from WW2 till today.

[@Inoffensive_name]

You're misguided. I suggest you do more research.

[@gypsymoth8977]

As a US citizen watching this in 2020... I’m just nauseous.

[@NawfCydeDJ]

Literally was thinking and feeling the same thing

[@naveen8202]

Me too, I am terrified

[@TheSandwichMonster]

Then remember that both Mussolini and Hitler were Socialists. Mussolini only started the Fascist movement because he was kicked out of the party for his war support. Hitler was part of the German Workers Party which was a left-wing socialist party. The only thing they changed was to being more Nationalist and more militaristic. All Fascist leaders have started out as Socialists. Socialism leads to Fascism. If Trump was a Fascist he'd have taken over the Media, he'd control the banks, all levels of government, he wouldn't hold elections at all, he would be killing and imprisoning political opposition. It wouldn't be safe for millions of Americans to be talking trash about him online. Dozens or hundreds or thousands of people who trashed Trump online would be purged every night till only the people who spoke poorly about Trump behind closed doors, or who were loyal party followers remained. None of this is happening. This is nowhere near fascism it's just idiots who don't understand how history proves that Fascism and Communism are both left-wing. Especially when you compare it to the Right in the USA The Right loves peoples right's to have guns, Fascists hate armed citizens. The Right loves small government and freedom of rights. Fascism requires large government and the removal of certain rights for safety.

[@gypsymoth8977]

FirstName LastName I have a conscience, an education, and eyes to see- I don’t need another redistribution of partisan buzzwords to fit one agenda or another, thanks.

[@TheSandwichMonster]

@@gypsymoth8977 If you were educated you wouldn't be "nauseous" in 2020 over this. Conscience doesn't come into it at all. Live in your bubble.

[@nicholasmiller7316]

1.) Next to what America considers "Freedom", Fascism is next in-line in the basic concept in living in a society with freedom. 2.) The Third Reich was not Fascist. National Socialism, many know it as Nazism, and Fascism are two different ideologies. Only in 1943 when Regno D' Italia became a puppet state, known as the Repubblicca Sociale Italiana, did Fascism actually be very closely resembled to National Socialism due to the influence of Hitler. As well, the reason people relate Fascism with Nazism is because Nazism is a mirrored copy of Fascism. As you said Mr. Hughes, Hitler admired Mussolini for what he did and what he was doing. So, he copied it. 3.) 1920's-30's Traditional Italian Fascism [My actual belief] should not be confused with National Socialism. 4.) Fascism has a very interesting outlook in economics and politics. It is known as Third Way Politico-Economics. Basically, Fascism regarding economics and politics is the the choice between two worse systems, Capitalism and Communism. Economically and politically Fascism is the center point, middle ground, between capitalism and socialism/communism. Combining the best of the two into one base system. Yes, Fascism is a mix of Socialism and Capitalism. [Ex. Fascism regulates corporations with out owning the means of production and respecting the idea of private ownership of business and property.] 5.) All the points explained that propel Fascism in society can be found in America. Weak Economy, Fear from a people [ISIS], poor democratic functions, and loss of nationalism, or patriotism, in America. 6.) You make it as if Italy was a police state. If I recall correctly, that secret police was actually a armed wing of the political party. Italy did not have a gestapo type secret police. As well, Mussolini did not support the killing of political opponents. He himself, had two fascist party members hanged for killing the leader of the socialist party of Italy. 7.) The only censorship that occurred was that of which to prevent those spreading dissent amoung the people. If you had an idea that differed from the government, take it to the government, not outside of it. Taking it outside of the government, you are just asking for trouble. 8.) Unions were banned as they hindered national factory production. 9.) Fascism and National Socialism are two different ideologies. Hence why they have different names [hah].

[@lotrchaos]

I love how you explained it. But I just have one thing to question. You brought up the point that Hitler admired Mussolini for what he did, but as far as I am concerned, Hitler didn't really like the Italians that much. Now I may be wrong, right, or half right, but could you elaborate on that?

[@nicholasmiller7316]

Dat1Penguin​ Well, I'm sure Hitler remarked on Italy's poor military strength, as Mussolini was more focused on the economics of Italy. Before Hitler was in power, he sent a letter to Il' Dude speaking of how great he thought his movement and as well asked for his autograph. Funny thing, Mussolini denied the autograph request.

[@codpro627]

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[@deitus1375]

GunnerGameReviewer22 yes well they are not the same, saying that national socialism and fascism are the same thing is like saying that the liberal and the conservatives are the same because they both are democratic.

[@ragnaroksora8129]

lol moron national socialism is was a party title that follows fucking fascism. XD it's literally the same shit. hilter wanted fascism period, his party name as nazi.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Conservatives also thought they could control Trump , too . The parallels are remarkable .

[@S.J.L]

Mussolini was socialist before developing "fascismo." Fascism was reaction and a fraternal twin to socialism.This corporatism or fascism currently goes by the name WEF.

[@Defund-The-GOP]

Yeah , but fascist-style Corporatism is widely considered a thinly veiled labor exploitation scheme by most historians that was developed by the fascist regime to dissolve private unions , force workers into state controlled unions that gave them little or no bargaining ability and gave business more control over workers. 💯 This authoritarian style of corporatism also gave businesses special privileges from the regime like the ability to cartelize to eliminate competition in their business sector. This is why fascist corporatism is considered a type of quasi-oligarchy by historians ..💯

[@willmartinez5496]

@@Defund-The-GOP thank you for dropping the science on that 🙂

[@kidslovesatan34]

Mussolini moved from the far left to the far right.

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

@Kids Love Satan Incor rect. Mus solini alwa ys stay ed as a so ci al ist. He nev er mo ved to the "f ar-rig ht". _"Do not beli eve, even for a mo ment, that by st rip ping me of my me mbership ca rd you do the sam e to my So ciali st beliefs, nor that you wo uld restr ain me of contin uing to work in favor of S oci alis m and of the Re volut ion.“_ - Ben ito Muss olini, Spee ch at the Ital ian Soc ial ist Party’s meet ing in Mil an at the People’s Theatre on Nov. 25, 1914.

[@kidslovesatan34]

@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. He was a socialist, we both agree on that. That's a 1914 quote long before he assumed power. I've supplied multiple definitions that support my contention. Can you give me some references so I can check your sources, please?

[@ryandepp7640]

The fact this guy thinks communism = totalitarianism and no freedom demonstrates that he has no understanding of communism as a society.

[@Wildestleaf]

Did you ever consider doing a video series with crash course?

[@hiphughes]

+MrTardman81 I think that would be their call. Lol. But of course.

[@nero9978]

+Keith Hughes (HipHughes) I really apreciate you making these videos! You make things real easy to understand.

[@DeepfriedNutz]

Crash Course is nothing compared to Keith :)

[@dominikg1525]

+Keith Hughes (HipHughes) Trump is a bad choice could be very dangerous only because is very prone to manipulation from establishment. Hillary is even worse ( golden Water Girl ) she works for Neo capitalist for long time she will be the fascist leader and she will never step down... what do you think? what a lovely choice we are f***** up... how about Jill Stein? she would be a good President but how can we get her ther???

[@eatfrenchtoast]

+Attedus1 Crash Course is great. :)

[@keepinitsk8a516]

I've been trying to figure out who he looks like... it's Drew Carey.

[@TT-oz3rb]

keepinitsk8a HA! Indeed

[@MichaelJ44]

Tulum Tellez HA

[@armyretired28]

This guy is a joke...he lie's about everything in history...National Socialist isn't "right wing". No matter what you put in front of the word socialist ,be it Democrat ,nationalist, it's still socialist ideas of BIG Government control!

[@stellamiller251]

Also looks like Jerry Springer

[@someguythatlookslikeme8306]

omg yes!

[@BloodTar]

*_"The goal of Socialism is Communism"_* - V.I. Lenin *Fascism* is a form of radical *authoritarian nationalism* that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe, influenced by national syndicalism. Fascism originated in Italy during World War I and spread to other European countries. Fascism opposes liberalism, Marxism and anarchism and is usually placed on either the far-left or the far-right (depending on ones political bent) within the traditional left-right spectrum. Fascists saw World War I as a revolution that brought massive changes in the nature of war, society, the state, and technology. The advent of total war and total mass mobilization of society had broken down the distinction between civilian and combatant. A "military citizenship" arose in which all citizens were involved with the military in some manner during the war. The war had resulted in the rise of a powerful state capable of mobilizing millions of people to serve on the front lines and providing economic production and logistics to support them, as well as having unprecedented authority to intervene in the lives of citizens. Fascists believe that liberal democracy is obsolete, and they regard the complete mobilization of society under a totalitarian one-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and to respond effectively to economic difficulties. Such a state is led by a strong leader-such as a dictator and a martial government composed of the members of the governing fascist party-to forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society. Fascism rejects assertions that violence is automatically negative in nature, and views political violence, war, and imperialism as means that can achieve national rejuvenation. Fascists advocate a mixed economy, with the principal goal of achieving autarky through protectionist and interventionist economic policies. Since the end of World War II in 1945, few parties have openly described themselves as fascist, and the term is instead now usually used pejoratively by political opponents. The descriptions neo-fascist or post-fascist are sometimes applied more formally to describe parties of the far right with ideologies similar to, or rooted in, 20th century fascist movements. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#cite_note-37 . .

[@BloodTar]

You're right, so I made a correction (addendum).

[@daaaaaaaaaaavid]

VaultBoy93 You just summed nazism not fascism. Nazism is Fascism+ you have fascism plus socialist and anti semitism added into it. Fascism is the pure deal. Tolitariasm so full control of the state stood with national pride in the center of fascism.

[@levvy3006]

Fascism doesn't work.

[@jacobhess3n327]

The word comes directly from the alternating power structure of the 2 sitting Roman consulates

[@odenpetersen6028]

'Forunately that didn't work out' Hold on...

[@BLINC606]

Correction: Lebmsraum was mainly a theoretical tool to give Germany the space the make it self sufficient in food through agriculture. Edit: Another correction: The Nuremberg Laws were in 1935 not 1933.

[@adamreiland4630]

Hitler did not call himself a fascist. The Italians were fascists. Germans were not. He didn't blame a group. He merely saw himself as a facilitator for a new youth movement in the fading of the risorgimento.

[@ХлояМарш-щ7ы]

>Strong Roman's like Caesar and Plato >Plato was Greek That and the less than subtle jab at Trump by repeatedly saying Make the country great Again is just pathetic.

[@littlefinger4509]

Go back to gulags

[@mamushi72sai]

Plato was Greek which is how I found your comment. Isn't that exactly what fascism is though. It's gonna be kinda tough not to mention it.

[@SwevenHannibal]

Maybe something about Franco?

[@Tubewander]

Italy and Spain were both true fascist states. Unlike nazism.

[@whatthe5607]

Tubewander what do you mean unlike nazim

[@Tubewander]

@@whatthe5607 Nazism is basically totalitarianism.

[@whatthe5607]

Tubewander ok thanks I thought you were going to say nazim was liberal socialism

[@timhatton9081]

A Traditionalist and a monarchist. Totally different

[@charliefrown6206]

Make Italy great again, someone else's slogan sounds familiar hmmm

[@lucasriddle3431]

Hitler also used "make germany great again"; its a philosophy that was going around, because for many countries (Italy and Germany included), things *weren't* great. They were really, really terrible.

[@archedzero4398]

@@lucasriddle3431 I see a trend here

[@gnomeones]

Hmm you know what else is funny. How Hitler got rid off all of the civilians guns, Oh wait the left is doing that. Hitler censored the press. Oh wait. The left is doing that. Hitler made the opposite party look like they were not humans. OH WAIT! THE LEFT IS DOING THAT!

[@loreleilazuli8874]

Yeah. An American fascist. We all know who I'm talking about. Rhymes with DUMP.

[@pathfinder1295]

This is the best beginner video I've seen on the subject. Really appreciate it!

[@specialfredsw]

Find other videos. Please.

[@loreleilazuli8874]

@@specialfredsw dawww, are you mad because the truth hurts?

[@Yatukih_001]

To stop fascism, we need to unite and tell facebook, youtube, twitter, media sites like Vox and so on that freedom belongs to all and that a few cannot tell large masses what to do, and that they have to face the fact that they will lose our support base if they go on shutting down important channels.

[@oliviacadena2036]

👍👍👍👍👍👏👏

[@Yatukih_001]

@@oliviacadena2036 Thanks for the like Dear Olivia.Back in the day I used to think that national socialism was escapism from oppression of Germany by the government which preceded the ´A.H´ period as ´German´Chancellor. Fascism´s legacy lies in the fact that people had not been told how many of the top officials in government were being actors. If they had known it they could have stopped it earlier.Because of having spent more time online doing research, I am glad I know better.

[@mcwaff8661]

You forgot the attempt for Anglo Fascism

[@joostvandenbrink8122]

i'd like to make 2 corrections, plato was an ancient greek and coup d'etat is french.

[@yabbadabbindude]

history repeats itself

[@maxstirner8717]

It occasionally rhymes

[@GTA5Player1]

Heh

[@matthewcox3563]

Is the OVRA like Hitler's Gestapo?

[@nacoran]

What would you say the biggest differences between fascism and divine right monarchies (aside maybe from the birthright royalty)?

[@nero9978]

Not that much actaully.

[@martonlerant5672]

One is poorly defined, and used to describe a state that was your enemy, and lost a war against you, and is insignificant, without much ideology. Thus it can be used as a swearword against any and all political movements. The other is/was a system of rule that worked for hundreds of years, was widespread, and created many wonders (& attrocities - of course), but since so many people, civilisations, and propaganda groups look up to it, it can't be used to shit on people.

[@jean-louispech4921]

@@therealist3495 Italian fascism was not focused on economy, the doctrine has evolved from liberalism to state control, but always with denying rights to the workers.

[@bizzyrizzy4025]

Why is it that when the theory of communism is explained, it is done so through the scope of what the United States and the western world defined as communism and not what Marx outlined in the Communist Manifesto or Das Kapital? Neither of the said texts ever stated that a communist society would be ruled by an individual leader but by a dictatorship of the proletariat. Yeah, I get that in Trotskyism it is the dictatorship of the vanguard, in Leninism it is the soviet, etc. but still....nothing about a single individual. The only reason why we see a communism being led by a single leader is because there was a power vacuum, after the death of Lenin, that threw Stalin and the "individual" mindset into play. It just so happens that is when we took notice of the Soviet Union and deemed them as enemies. I am not siding w/ communism, the Soviet Union, etc. but it just irritates me when communism is deemed authoritarian/totalitarian when Marx's theory is not fully explained and we are left to just accept that as the truth. I guess, understand the concept before defining political and economic theories in correlation to historical events.

[@Bwkjam]

On the same day as the start of the Republican convention? Coincidence Mr. Hughes?

[@CommonCentrist82]

Yeah he slipped in some anti-trump propaganda.

[@joeystuka4312]

Trump fits the mold perfectly, that's why.

[@kevinyoung947]

Joey Stuka really compares to a socialist and a guy who disarmed the population sounds more like every democrat

[@rylanrussell9595]

+bw Very few Republicans seek to curb the National Gov. Bush expanded it... Most Republican congressman are for bills that either directly expand it, or, give freedom to their corporate interests, which is indirectly expanding it as it's giving more power to corporations, who, in many ways are our second governors. I challenge you to name just 10 laws passed in the last 15 years by Republicans that significantly increased the level of freedom held by the majority of Americans.

[@imperialcrusader2647]

Joey Stuka Trump really doesn't.

[@WillyTheComposerOfficial]

Excellent video, Hughes! Very accurate. You have done your research!

[@ejgorman]

1935 was when the Nuremburg Laws were promulgated.

[@Rebel-Forces-Earth-007]

Nope, Adolfo was involved in Left-wing politics, not Right-wing, as was Benito Mussolini, and the party platform of the National Socialist Workers Party (Nazis) has socialist and authoritarian edicts all throughout its agenda. Fascism, like socialism, collectivism, and communism, are all very similar diseases of the extreme Left, not the Right. You got it mostly correct, but you glossed over a lot of historical and political points. Most important to remember is, Hitler was a socialist first, and then a fascist, but remained an extreme-Leftist, revolutionary madman from beginning to end.

[@steviecherry943]

Fascism grows and seeks consensus by exploiting and exacerbating the natural fear of differences

[@slevinchannel7589]

This video here PALES in Comparison to Some-More-News Videos with the F-Word in the title.

[@anarchyseeds4406]

The fact jews were 1% of the German people doesn't preclude them for being responsible for the woes of Germany, for example the Treaty of Versailles.

[@hiphughes]

+Anarchy Seeds oh good lord

[@anarchyseeds4406]

Not even saying I think they were. Just thought your argument could some work, no offense! Mention, for instance, what proportion of persecuted people had no involvement in political activities.

[@Joskemom]

Daniel Don't know what lame ass history book you are using but the problems of the Germans was mainly because they lost WW1. Blaming the Jews has been going on since recorded history.

[@Joskemom]

Daniel Morales I did not read all your post because I don't have time for stupid. I get it, you don't like the Jewish people.

[@marcusluci]

Thats a crazy proposition. Intriguing. Im suspecting you dont agree with the mass murdering of the Jews, but wish to outline the actions they have done in an attempt to destroy Germany. Im inclined to agree.

[@ianmckee7500]

Before Hitler did anything "Judea declares war on Germany" remember that headline in the newspaper

[@evangelos9660]

It wasn't just about having blonde hair and blue eyes. I hate it when people say that haha

[@loreleilazuli8874]

No sh*t sherlock.

[@BChan1991]

Now why does this sound familiar?

[@939bb]

Just one correction--the Reichstag fire was Feb 27, 1933, not in 1934 as you stated. This is important because it shows the amazing speed with which Hitler went from legally appointed Chancellor to absolute dictator. The timetable: Hitler is appointed Chancellor Jan 30, 1933. The Reichstag fire is Feb 27. On Feb 28 The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed which suspends most civil liberties. The elections that are called which give the Nazis and its allies a majority are on March 5. On March 24 the Enabling Act is passed (which required a two thirds majority that Hitler attained by jailing most of those who would have voted against it), and Hitler has complete and total unlimited powers. So Hitler went from legally appointed Chancellor to absolute dictator with unlimited powers in less than two months.

[@atadoff62]

Wow, the comments section is replete with projection and confirmation bias. It is also interesting that the presenter appears to use current political phrases to imply a relationship between the American conservatives and fascism, something that is patently ridiculous.

[@jean-louispech4921]

fascism and conservatism are related because they are all right wing, they serve to defend the interest of the big capitalists against socialism, communism, and all that reduce power of the capitalists over workers. Fascism was the weapon of the big capitalism against workers in the first half of the 20th century, with ther raise of rights, protections of workers in the enterprises under the pressure of socialists, social democrat, communists, etc... movements and government .

[@jean-louispech4921]

@Roniixx You don't answer to my message. if you know the history of fascism you should know that what i say is true.

[@snowblow1984]

Best definition of fascism was given by Georgi Dimitrov in Aug 2nd 1935. Fascism is "the open terroristic dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic, and most imperialist elements of finance capital. BTW, Mussolini deny class warfare in the fascist state.

[@TheDJKILLIN]

Impulse response says the dirty communists.

[@storm___]

Impulse response shut up communist scumbag.

[@Brandon210-q4n]

@@storm___ Being against fascism does not make one communist, merely anti-authoritarian.

[@Brandon210-q4n]

@Roniixx Tell that to the Nazis. You three should be quite familiar with them.

[@Brandon210-q4n]

@Roniixx And yet, they received the majority of their funding from private industry.

[@azazelreeds]

It's scary how closely the US today resembles early fascism. I never realized until I saw this, and it's terrifying.

[@joedoe-sedoe7977]

No this resembles the globalist plan for world government imposed on a sovereign countries

[@chudtroonslayer]

Jarius Reece I laughed hard at this one.The stupidity radiates from this comment.

[@mcwaff8661]

Wtf you smoking

[@snapdragonzoroark]

Im14andthisisdeep

[@enabels]

Keith, the party was not the NSDAP when Hitler first went to Munich. It was the DAP (German Workers Party) which was ran by Drexler before Hitler.

[@asimdeyaf]

"The conservatives thought they could control Adolf Hitler." Interesting...

[@jmaggio909]

I understand why you might think that. National Socialism, which became the Nazis, might have been a workers party at first, but it quickly became a hard right party. If there is a common thread to socialism, it is that national (or ethnic) identity is subordinate to class identity. Fascism reverses that. And whereas Hitler did national some industries---as did El Duce and Franco--it was not to empower the workers but to make alliances with the ruling industrial class. And finally, as Hitler took over, he killed or imprisoned most leftists--hell, he even went after simple trade unionists. So I see you point, but it misses the details of the struggle of Europe in the 20s - 40s, which was essentially between Socialism (with alliances with marxist/lennonism and other communism) vs. Fascism. (I recognize this is not as clear from the U.S. point of view because socialism and fascism had little play here, though more than people remember. Plus we had to deal with Japan too.) The Democratic countries (England, America, Canada, etc) ultimately choses that Fascism was the worse. (It helped that Hitler's regime was clearly evil and in our face about it more than Stalin, and that Japan--who attacked us--was an ally with Germany and Italy.) And we see this after the war. With the exception of the U.S., most of Europe has moves to a DEMOCRATIC socialistic system. It varies how socialistic--from the far left Denmark and Norway, to Germany, France, England, and even Canada. But good comment. I just think your answer is to simplistic to be accurate.

[@Augments]

+Tom Kat haha..no.. he was in deep with capitalists to the point of killing socialists in his own party.. see Ernst Rohm during the night of the long knives.

[@torimaritime6955]

+Thadeus Of course he would kill the more radical ends of the party that weren't for exactly what he stood for. He killed people who weren't directly beside him because he wanted absolute control over Germany's politics. You do know Nazi is a shortened term for National-Socialist, right?

[@notyousuf4982]

@@torimaritime6955 and North Korea is shortened form of *DEMOCRATIC* People's republic of Korea. Nobody calls it a democracy though.

[@misolga1]

Fascism=Together we are stronger.

[@johnn8795]

Worked in Germany and Italy didn't it? They were stronger right? They won right?

[@grantmarcus5675]

Fascists won the CIA. Dulles and Wisner made it the fascist organization it continues to be today. From concentration camps in Germany to Japanese Internment to employing 1000s of Nazis to work for the CIA to Guantanamo, Bagram, and Abu Ghraib. Not to mention all the coups and mass killings in South America and the Middle East

[@TheDJKILLIN]

e pluribus unum. (out of many, one)

[@schaughtful]

No. Fascism = blame them, kill them, while the leader acts like an attention hogging lil B

[@Koelebig]

John Nielsen Without it they would have been weaker and they couldn't have gone far without it. Germany lost the war not because of ideology, but because of resources. Europe has very little resources of its own and has to import things like oil, which it couldn't because it was blockaded by the British Royal Navy. On top of that the main producers of oil were 1)the US, 2)the Soviet Union and 3)Venezuela, nations that Germany would be at war with. The little oil from Romanian oilfields wasn't enough to fuel the German army during their offensive operations on their own. Later on the Germans only really had just enough for just defensive operations and only small scale offensives. While Germany was struggling to get its tanks and airplanes (and Italy its navy) running (mind you, despite the allied bombing campaigns the Germans managed to produce more tanks every year during the war despite their limited resources) the Allies had no problem running ALL of the tanks, airplanes and ships that they produced. If Germany had been in the same luxurious position, I think the war would have gone the complete other direction. That was also one of the reason to invade the Soviet Union, because with Russian oil (among others) it could compete with the British and even the US.

[@linspenmenn3658]

Great Video, just a quick note. When you say Communism, you meant Marx-Leninism, which is just type of communism. When you define Communism in such a manner, you are ignoring other communist theories such as libertarian communism or democratic socialism. Also, socialism doesn't imply communism: there are socialists who aren't communists(market socialists). Any ways, great video; keep up the good work.

[@maxstirner8717]

My issue with this video ^^^^^

[@linspenmenn3658]

Hello, there. Got any spooks?

[@hiphughes]

I don't think I said socialism was communism and since the vid is for kids in school, I was referring to the communism that was being implemented by Stalin. I have a Socialism Explained video which is more in depth. But agreed on the many paths and theories of communism. Thanks for the comment.

[@maxstirner8717]

Spenmenn 0 No, but this video sure does 😆

[@jakeplays1995]

+Keith Hughes (HipHughes) if socialism does not involve collective ownership of means of production then it isn't really socialism.

[@anthonynuzzo9512]

Oh my Lord Plato was not a Roman...... lol

[@robhansen6745]

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MUSSOLINI HIMSELF SAYS BUDDY !! 1. As quoted in The Myth of the Nation and the Vision of Revolution, Jacob Talmon, University of California Press (1981) p. 494, Mussolini's declaration near the end of 1921 Fascism establishes the real equality of individuals before the nation… the object of the regime in the economic field is to ensure higher social justice for the whole of the Italian people… What does social justice mean? It means work guaranteed, fair wages, decent homes, it means the possibility of continuous evolution and improvement. Nor is this enough. It means that the workers must enter more and more intimately into the productive process and share its necessary discipline… As the past century was the century of capitalist power, the twentieth century is the century of power and glory of labour. 2. As quoted in The Myth of the Nation and the Vision of Revolution: The Origins of Ideological Polarization in the 20th Century, Jacob Talmon, University of California Press (1981) p. 487 Some still ask of us: what do you want? We answer with three words that summon up our entire program. Here they are…Italy, Republic, Socialization. . .Socialization is no other than the implantation of Italian Socialism… 3. As quoted in Revolutionary Fascism, Erik Norling, Lisbon, Finis Mundi Press (2011) pp.119-120. Speech given by Mussolini to a group of Milanese Fascist veterans on October 14, 1944. We go to battle against the plutocratic and reactionary democracies of the west… This gigantic struggle is nothing other than a phase in the logical development of our revolution; it is the struggle of peoples that are poor but rich in workers against the exploiters who hold on ferociously to the monopoly off all the riches and all the gold of the earth… 4 We are fighting to impose a higher social justice. The others are fighting to maintain the privileges of caste and class. We are proletarian nations that rise up against the plutocrats. As quoted in “Soliloquy for ‘freedom’ Trimellone island”, on the Italian Island of Trimelone, journalist Ivanoe Fossani, one of the last interviews of Mussolini, March 20, 1945, from Opera omnia, vol. 32. Interview is also known as "Testament of Benito Mussolini, or Testamento di Benito Mussolini. Also published under “Mussolini confessed to the stars”, Publishing House Latinitas, Rome, 1952. (Intervista di Ivanoe Fossani, Soliloquio in “libertà” all'isola Trimellone, Isola del Trimellone, 20 marzo 1945) I declare that henceforth capital and labor shall have equal rights and duties as brothers in the fascist family. As quoted in The Fate of Trade Unions Under Fascism, by Gaetano Salvemini, chapter 3: “Italian Trade Unions Under Fascism”, New York: NY, published by Anti-Fascist Literature Committee, 1937, p. 35.

[@robhansen6745]

THE REAL 'trojan horse' in EU right now is Putin's own trojan horses better know as putin's friends inside the EU nations government people like like Milos Zeman, Viktor Orbán and La Pen in France and other useful dimwits like Pablo Iglesias Turrión from Spain's Podemos political party and Matteo Renzi Prime Minister of italy and others in high offices in all EU nations PUTIN HAS HIS TROJAN HORSES and they and their families get well taken care of by Kremlin contacts and network insiders and business connections.. All of them and their political party are receiving indirectly and directly financial and funding from the kremlin and have close business deals with Russian state companies... and they are all well known to bang the kremlin drums in the EU JUST LIKE Pro-Kremlin Czech president Milos Zeman.. And the twisted thing about all of this is that when Putin is promoting himself as a supporter of the fare right Putin is using the Syrian refugees as an hybrid war tool to bring down Europe (not the EU ) but European society and La Pen and other are being used as useful idiots in this geopolitical chess game run by the Kremlin's FSB on the orders of KGB Putin I AM NOT SAYING THAT what they are saying about immigration is not correct as IT IS !! and i support their policies regarding immigration and refugees we must close down europe for immigration and refugees influx also we must deport any illegal refugee asap .. What i am saying is that they are being used by Putin as useful idiots in the Kremlins propaganda war for Russia own political agenda... If anyone thinks that Putin and the Kremlin is a friend of the west then they really need their head tested !!! Also there is evidence that Putin's FSB is involved with Russian gangsters in the massive smuggling of refugees into the EU and into Norway to make it Europe unstable.. (when we say Europe it is NOT the EU Putin is really attacking but the European society the west at large to make it unstable and weaken it ) While Russia did not start the refugee crisis they may have found a way to exploit it to further their hybrid war against Europe. While the direct benefits of intervention in Syria are valuable to the anti-West coalition that Russia is forming, the far greater benefit could be a devastating flank attack on European unity. Organized by the FSB Putin is dumping Muslim ''refugees'' on Norway as Norway is a Schengen and NATO country Only 35 have come to Finland, even though Finland has a much longer border with Russia than Norway. But Finland is not a NATO country Norway is NATO and Schengen.. The practical arrangements of the refugee traffic to the Russian-Norwegian border is by the FSB in Murmansk, in partnership with organized criminal groups, the website /www. aldrimer. no/ writes and citing Norwegian intelligence sources who say that it is well known that the FSB, which is also responsible for Russian espionage against Norway, has close ties to the Russian mafia and other criminal groups. In Russia, a very organized transport and support operation is established. In addition to human smuggling, there is also a very professional and extensive sale of bicycles to "refugees", given that it is not allowed to walk across the border. Norwegian or Russian citizens who drive refugees across the border could be punished. The route to the Norwegian-Russian border is also being actively promoted on social media, writes the outlet. And while Russian border guards require a Schengen visa to be let into Russia, there is no such requirement at the border to Norway - to seek asylum. More supporting facts see under 1. Exposing Terrorism: The Russian-Islamic Terror Connection (2009) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKiQlJRopraKedk 2. Putin admits that Russia’s goal in Syria is to support Assad and not to bomb ISIS. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqjZoIR8eptljas 3. Why Are Russian Engineers Working at an Islamic State-Controlled Gas Plant in Syria? Moscow says it's at war with the jihadist group -- but both sides aren't opposed to cutting economic deals amid the bloodshed. foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/09/why-are-russian-engineers-working-at-an-islamic-state-controlled-gas-plant-in-syria/ 4. Russia has killed more civilians in Syria than Islamic State, according to a monitoring group Syrian Network for Human Rights. sn4hr.org/blog/2016/08/18/25798/ 5. Former KGB Officer Konstantin Preobrazhensky Said Russia has been using and funding Islamic Terrorism to attack the west for years How the Russian KGB run Islamic Terrorism kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnLUfnaCprmFfNE 6. Ex-Russian FSB spy exposes Kremlin's operation of terror, help to Islamic State Revelations by a former Russian agent, implicating the Kremlin's involvement in terrorist activities in Europe and the Middle East. The account about to be heard bears the hallmarks of a real spy scandal - undercover operations, fake documents and financial donations. The ex-spy codenamed Yevgeniy specialized in terrorist organizations and counter-terrorism activities. The man firstly claimed that radical Islamist groups are staffed with Russian agents - and that Moscow has a real impact on their activity. This is what he told journalist Andriy Tsaplienko kzbin.info/www/bejne/laLcfZ-hipuUecU 7. Defector: Putin's KGB trained top al-Qaeda terrorists www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/15162-defector-putin-s-kgb-trained-top-al-qaeda-terrorists 8 WikiLeaks Evidence: Russia Sponsoring Islamic Terror www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/8637-wikileaks-evidence-russia-sponsoring-islamic-terror 9 . Russian and their crimes Putin bombing children's schools to create refugees sub.. in English facebook.com/aydin.naghiyev/videos/1063636483701085/?pnref=story

[@robhansen6745]

PUTINS 1990s Manifesto outlining Russia’s plans is starting to come true.. EVER wondered what Vladimir Putin is up to infiltrating the US elections? Surprisingly, there is an answer to that. In 1997, a Russian political scientist named Aleksandr Dugin and a serving Russian General named Nikolai Klokotov sat down and wrote a text that would become the foundation of Russian geopolitical strategy over the next 20 years. It was called “Foundations of Geopolitics” and it was all about how Russia could reassert itself in the world. Chillingly, the book now reads like a to-do list for Putin’s behaviour on the world stage. Perhaps surprisingly, the document is not a secret. It has long been known to observers of Russian foreign policy, and has served as a text book among a generation of military strategists. But with the scandal over Russian influence in the US elections, growing by the day, it’s surprising how little coverage this important text has been given. The book starts out by saying that the shrewd thing for Russia to do is to steer clear of direct military confrontation. Instead, the book counsels Russian leaders to favour political stealth. It emphasises the need for the infiltration of Western institutions, and the use of soft power to shape the world in Russia’s favour. Sound familiar yet? We haven’t even got to the good stuff. The text then goes into a very specific list of to-dos, about Russia’s posture towards almost every nation on earth. Let’s start close to Russia. The book argues that Ukraine should - surprise, surprise - be annexed by Russia. “Ukraine as a state has no geopolitical meaning, no particular cultural import or universal significance, no geographic uniqueness, no ethnic exclusiveness, its certain territorial ambitions represents an enormous danger for all of Eurasia and, without resolving the Ukrainian problem, it is in general senseless to speak about continental politics.” It goes on to argue that the only use for an independent Ukraine would be to provide a barrier to Europe, but that it’s not necessary. Next, it turns to Britain. The book’s authors say Russia should encourage Britain to leave the European Union, and thus weaken it. That’s right. Russian strategists were openly arguing in favour of Brexit in 1997, when it was still just a glimmer in Nigel Farage’s eyes. Score so far, Putin: 2, Rest of World: 0. How about the rest of the world? It identifies Iran as a key ally for Russia, and recommends that Turkey should receive a series of “geopolitics shocks” using Kurds and Armenians to keep it off-balance. I’d give that Putin: 4, Rest of World: 0. The document even mentions Australia, if only in its relation to China. It says that China should be encouraged to have its geopolitical posture aligned to its south - Indo-China (except Vietnam), the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia - so that Russia can remain predominant on the “Eurasian” mainland. It also talks about making Germany and France the predominant powers in the European Union, in order to unbalance that alliance, and encourage an anti-Atlantic sentiment on the continent. Score so far is Putin: 6, Rest of World: 0. But perhaps most amazing part of the book is when it calls for Russia to “introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements - extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilising internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics.” If that reads like an accurate description of Trump’s inner-circle, again remember that this text was written twenty years ago. Like Putin, Dugin and Klokotov saw the collapse of the Soviet state as humiliating. They believed that the West had hacked infiltrated their institutions in the late-1980s, and weakened the Soviet state from within. They therefore sought revenge in kind - influencing the institutions of other countries, to return Russia to what they considered its rightful place as a superpower. It’s now clear to everyone but Sean Spicer that Trump’s campaign was in communication with the Kremlin for a year leading up to his election victory. The revelation on Thursday about Jeff Sessions means that this is the story that will dominate Trump’s first term. Putin: 7, Rest of World: 0. Of course, every nation has influential strategic thinkers who help leaders shape their thinking, but the Foundations of Geopolitics has had an outsized influence since it’s publication 20 years ago. By some accounts, the book has been used to teach a generation of military officers in Russia, while Dugin himself continues to be considered a member of Putin’s inner circle. There are many factors that go into geopolitics - and it can be easy to overstate Putin’s influence in what are tendencies that may have arisen anyway. But reading through the document, it is hard to escape the conclusion that much of Russia’s foreign policy has been shaped by Dugin and Klokotov’s thinking - and that that is in turn, shaping the way the world is heading. And that should be a concern to us all. Their thinking breaks with many of the central tenets that underpin our politics. It rejects democracy, and places nationalism at the heart of how geopolitics should operate. It is essentially a wholesale rejection of the globalisation that Western economies have engaged in during the past four decades. The question for the US intelligence community, and the Congress leaders who are looking into Russian influence in the US election, now becomes, what will Putin do next? Was his mission in assisting Trump’s election simply to pay back the USA for the collapse of the Soviet Union? Or is it to simply weaken the US, so that his own Eurasian Union - a hierarchical, anti-democratic alliance of countries with Russia at its head - can become a superpower? Who knows, but in the same way that the USA felt they had a friend in the Kremlin when President Gorbachev was in power, Putin clearly has a friend in the White House. If I were Putin, I’d be playing that card for as long as it lasts. www.news.com.au/world/europe/1990s-manifesto-outlining-russias-plans-is-starting-to-come-true/news-story/343a27c71077b87668f1aa783d03032c The Russian World: a Flexible Tool Russia wanted an ideological tool of its own to counter the Western narrative of democracy promotion. Thus the concept of the Russian World became an operational matrix for building up Russian legitimacy and influence in the region, and a key framework for its proxy groups. The current narrative of the Russian World encompasses language, culture, history, shared heritage, economic links, religion and conservative values. In its late-20th-century sense, the Russian World was understood to refer only to a core of Russianspeakers in the post-Soviet region and the wider Russian diaspora. More recently, the concept has expanded to include all those who feel an affinity with what Russia stands for. As defined by Putin in 2014, the Russian World is a civilization that includes people who feel culturally close to Russia, while Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has stated that it also includes the non-Slavic world, where people have internalized its cultural and spiritual components. The Russian World thus has a fluid geography for its advocates. The Russian World is put forward in opposition to Western values of liberalism and individual human rights. Similarly, the proponents of Eurasianism are bonded together not so much by a shared affinity with Russia as by the rejection of US hegemony and of globalization as promoted by the United States. This is confirmed by arch-Eurasianist Aleksandr Dugin: ‘what we are against will unite us, while what we are for divides us. Therefore, we should emphasize what we oppose’. Such figures argue that liberalism is dangerous and foreign to Russia and to the Russian World because of its capacity to liberate the individual from all forms of collective identity. Government officials and Orthodox Church leaders reject the idea that individual human rights prevail over the interests of society. This view has become the paradigm for Russia to position itself as a defender of traditional values at home and abroad. Russian fascist and far right nationalist Alexander Dugin consolidated many of the ideas informing today’s Russian World. His vision encompasses traditionalism anchored in Orthodoxy, occult theories, Eurasianism and geopolitics. He champions the creation of a Eurasian state comprising the former Soviet republics and former Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe, and even advocates a Russian protectorate over the whole of the European continent, including Western Europe. In Asia, this state would annex Manchuria, Xinjiang, Mongolia and Tibet. The Russian World, in this thinking, extends far beyond the post-Soviet space, reflecting the importance of the Mongol period in the formation of Russian identity. www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/publications/research/2016-04-14-agents-russian-world-lutsevych.pdf

[@jean-louispech4921]

it is just propaganda. In reality fascism enhance the hierarchy between workers and capitalists, workers are devoid of rights and protection inside the enterprise, they have no power. Fascism is a system of hierarchy, it is antagonist to equality.

[@gl1500ctv]

Keith, just curious about the timing of this video what with the RNC event? ;)

[@hiphughes]

Didn't make the connection when I filmed it four days ago, I also filmed Hinduism on the same day. I literally was searching for a 20th century topic, looking through review topics online and it just popped out to me, plus I didn;t need to do much research. Not on purpose but perhaps a bit of synchronicity.

[@frank1387]

Fascism was not really right or left wing.

[@Brandon210-q4n]

Reactionary conservative beliefs? Check Virulent hatred of communists and socialists? Check Extreme nationalism and imperialism? Check Dunno, sounds pretty far- right to me

[@RiggsBF]

You left out Spain. What about Franco Francisco?

[@eugengolubic2186]

I heard he wasn't what we call faschist, but I don't know.

[@gazinta]

@@eugengolubic2186 it's because what you "call" fascist isn't 100% correct. Fascism is pretty specific, and someone went ahead and made it fluid. Go figure.

[@futu1983]

Don't lie dude, that's not nice.

[@thepoliticalstartrek]

I had a great teacher that explained that government types are like a horse shoe with Extreme Conservative , and socialism / communism on the other end. Between them is fascism. Both extremel conservatism, and communism can lead to fascism.

[@jean-louispech4921]

no it is more simple : conservatism and fascism fit in the same psychological orientation, that lead to right wing politic, with inequality, hierarchy, control of the power by a minority, etc....

[@zfloyd1627]

The fact that you used the star wars imperial march to open Adolf Hitler's section.

[@rabs7290]

My teacher send me this for homework haha,👍

[@josuesantiago1550]

Victor Lopez and you didn’t put what was the video about on here cux that’s what I’m doing rn

[@maricssolo9619]

Treaty of Paris?its Treaty of Versiallies

[@ledzepgirl92]

communism does not equal one man rule....the opening almost made me want to not watch the rest cause creating faulty communism-fascism comparisons grinds my gears

[@johnn8795]

Has there ever been a communist power that started without the rule of one? Lenin... Stalin... Mao... Castro... Tito! In theory Communism isn't one man rule, but in practice... that's all it's ever been.

[@sheldonscott4037]

ledzepgirl92 I had the same reaction but I stuck it out.

[@sheldonscott4037]

John Nielsen You must mean "state " socialism ?

[@kevincabral4657]

Communism was never achieved.

[@jean-louispech4921]

@@johnn8795 words and facts are not always the same thing. Communism has a definition , like socialism and all left wing , egalitarians, ideologies, its main characteristic is : collective power. If there is no collective power it is not communism. Communism, socialism, etc... are born and think for destroying systems based on the rule of one.

[@cristiandiazbasualto]

i watched like 4 videos about the definition of fascism even new ones and this the best one i´ve seen.

[@oliviamadridd]

i’m just trying to do my online school. what were the 4 listed conditions which led to the rise of fascism first in italy and then in germany ?

[@leoglanninger7112]

I also need that.🤣

[@benharrison3479]

Hmmm, a Jewish owned press that constantly attacked the founding stock of the country Hyperinflation coupled with a ruling elite living in luxury and the destitute poor. Rampant drug use, homosexuality, sexual liberation, abandonment of God in favor of secularism And communists staging riots and protests day in and day out. And it's all happening again here in America

[@brandonnodine6934]

Nothing wrong with fascism

[@Basaltq]

I'm fine with fascism if we start with exterminating the stupid people, i.e. the fascists.

[@brandonnodine6934]

Your a Fucking Idiot, you have know concept of what Fascism is. If you think you can exterminate me, Try

[@briansebor]

Aw, another edgy middle schooler

[@brandonnodine6934]

who you talking to?

[@briansebor]

Brandon Nodine you ya subhuman fascist fuck

[@saveround]

obviously the comments in this video got brigaded by a right-wing forum or something similar

[@conorcoughlin9065]

national pride, make italy great again. does that sound like anyone that we may know now???

[@kapdohri74]

that's what most people want

[@ethanosborne8487]

Mussolini’s has much more wisdom behind that statement and means something a bit different

[@Phredreeke]

4:52 Was there really such a thing as a "right side" in WWI? 8:50 fortunately? to be fair, WWII was probably inevitable, but still that's quite a positive view on Hitler failing art school and going into politics...

[@hiphughes]

I meant unfortunately. I just said it too fast, I noticed that in the edit but didn't think people would think I said it that way.

[@Phredreeke]

aww and here I was hoping for an alternate history perspective like Russia beating America to making the first nuclear bomb =P

[@DarthKidd]

I agree with a lot of your summary, but I don't follow your comparisons to communism at the beginning. The dictatorship of the proletariat with democratic centralism functions differently than just a single, authoritarian ruler. I feel like the word totalitarianism was made just to put communism and fascism in the same category while ignoring their drastic differences.

[@hiphughes]

Honestly from a theoretical stance ur kinda right but going into an explanation of marxism and stalinism seems overwhelmingly. No matter the intended structure of the dictatorship of the proletarian, how it ended up under Stalin and Mao and Castro holds a lot of resemblance to fascism; their control of the press, outlawing of various freedoms, eliminations of true political oppositions, etc... I agree the aims are different and I hope I expressed that in the video. Thanks for the smart comment.

[@maxstirner8717]

+Keith Hughes (HipHughes) Gunna side with Paul on this one.

[@m13m]

what's song is that at the beginning of video keith?

[@johndoee4742]

"Shout out to the Czechs" goodbye

[@fifthcolumn388]

This guy doesn't even understand what Fascism actually is, not worth watching more than one minute.

[@Dantewinning]

Tom Orlando what does fascism mean?

[@danielefalco8085]

It means things that you dont understand..

[@christinaandjeremycollins2347]

A govermental system ruled by a dictator that suppresses opposition and criticism, organizies all industry, commerce, etc. And emphasizes aggressive nationalism and often times racism.

[@fivetorm]

Christina Jeremy that's totalitarian fascism, there's many versions, from the Romans to Strasserism.

[@christinaandjeremycollins2347]

xd that's the definition of fascism. If there are other forms they all use those methods. I'm sick of people redefining words to fit into their agenda of newspeak so they can label things whatever they feel like.

[@BarriosGroupie]

I don't understand the down-votes; this is a very clear, honest explanation of what lies at the heart of fascism: competitive rather than cooperative nationalism backed up with with violent authoritarian power usually centered in one person.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

THUMBS DOWN! Mussolini NEVER said the so-called quote around 3:45.

[@ianplourde3008]

7:53 Reminds me of someone, can't remember who tho

[@lilvati]

hush hush they don't want to accept it

[@curanderos]

Make Italy Great Again!

[@ttarsi]

We'll add Brazil on that list in 2019.

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

Brazil sucks. It’s true. The socialist system they’ve had in place for decades has been terrible for your country. That’s why they elected Bolsonaro. Best of luck to him.

[@colinjones4022]

Case in point, never forget about the reactionary anti-leftwing zeal that fascists use to justify their ideologies

[@McRuffin]

If America mixed some facist ideas in its policies it would be much better off.

[@mohameddiaby835]

Wow.

[@mortarpestle.4267]

That would require some intelligence. The US is in a deficit of that.

[@SJ-wh3id]

Isaiah Ruffin Lol...you better read the U.S constitution one more time before brining up such absurd idea

[@Koelebig]

Funny how people get triggered. If you add some fascist ideas, it doesn't make the whole system fascist at all. National Socialism cared a lot for animals health and the environment. Does that make any government that feels the same a National Socialist government?

[@donrutter6765]

Capitalism by nature already shares many tenants of Fascism.

[@nachtwandeling1237]

7:37 Futurism was an art movement, not necessarily an educational program. Though, the Futurist artists felt that they had to prepare man for the rapidly changing society in the technological field. Futurists also wanted to destroy libraries and museums. The Fascists turned their backs on them because they more and more felt sympathetic to the Roman Empire era. That was not compatible with the Futurist ideas.

[@Real_McKinley]

You have a lot of correct historical things out there, bravo. This is lacking in bits of the political science. Not badmouthing! I was a Poli Sci major and it is very confusing sometimes ... like, Liberal and Conservative have TOTALLY different meanings that the US definition. I'm not being political here (oxymoron? That's Poli Sci) when I help define some things. I Political Scientist must look at everything from a scientific point of neutral inquiry. I wrote below about how the USSR, Vietnam, Cuba, China, N Korea, etc. are anything but Communist. They use that term to gain support and overthrow whatever is in power, then grab it all and become Dictators and Tyrants, and C U Next Tuesdays. Hopefully, my other comment clarified how the Nazis were not Socialists. "You Nazi Communist/Socialist America hater," is just a nonsense statement. Fascists and Communists are on the opposite side of the spectrum to the max. It's really too bad. In the early 20th century Americans made many 'Communist,' um ... communes. They were all really interesting experiments out of the Utopia concept. Actually, an Israeli/Jewish Kibbutz is a fine example of socialism. How anti-Nazi can you get! Politics in theory and in practice can be wildly different. The whole nightmare of poli sci is why some Universities give you a B.S. for it, and some give you a B.A.!

[@affectachange]

"Liberal and Conservative have TOTALLY different meanings that the US definition" - I was thinking the same thing. "Right" and "Left" (politically speaking) aren't the same in the U.S. as they are/were in other countries.

[@WOWZERS805]

Nazism isn't fascism. So sorry not buying your propaganda. It may have similar ideas but the ideology isn't thebsame

[@codpro627]

WOWZERS805 its a form of fascism

[@codpro627]

WOWZERS805 Fascism and Nazism both have: Ultranationalism No democracy Totalitarianism One party state Blamed enemies for failure Personality cult Some elements of corporatism

[@littlefinger4509]

GunnerGameReviewer22 It's not a form of fascism "Totalitarianism One party state" Those 2 things are literally the same "No democracy" No shit sherlock you literally said before that they are totalitarianism "Personality cult" Literally like every totalitarian government so that means that Communism and Fascism are the same? "Blamed enemies for failure" Which failure? A growing economy is a failure? "Some elements of corporatism" Nazism has a very few of em

[@shereehardin5783]

Nazism is fascism and so was the fascism of Mobuto Sese Seko of the DRC. It's about exalting one group over others and having a 'special snowflake' syndrome.

[@jamesquinney6686]

WOWZERS805 they’re different but also the same

[@ChristofferEricsater]

Travel back?? Just go to Sweden today and you will see what fascism really is, is called: Feminism

[@jean-louispech4921]

a big lie for hidding a reality that is not pleasant for your narrow mind.

[@georgegouligo2195]

There are two types of fascists: fascists and anti-fascists.

[@vanbarnes9664]

"Fascism" is a term that was originally coined by the Italian dictator Mussolini to describe his adaptation of Marxism to the conditions of Italy after World War I. Lenin in Russia made somewhat different adaptations of Marxism to the conditions in Russia during the same period and his adaptations came to be called Marxism/Leninism. Mussolini stayed closer to Marx in that he felt that Italy had to go through a capitalist stage before it could reach socialism whereas Lenin attempted to push Russia straight from semi-feudalism into socialism. Mussolini's principal modification of Marxism was his rejection of the notion of class war, something that put him decisively at odds with Lenin's "Reds".

[@jean-louispech4921]

bullshit Mussolini driven a far right politic antagonist to the ideas of Marx. Marx is about giving abolition of the hierarchy of class, abolition of the power related to private ownership, establishment of a collective democratic power related to collective property owned by the majority of the peoples in the economy : the workers. Under fascism workers have no rights, no protection , they are under the hand of the capitalists, and they have no power on politic and economic point of view. Thsiis the antagonist of Marx, this is why fascism is far right.

[@AsscrackistanMapping]

no mention of franco?

[@roodlespoodles7956]

Bunch of triggered Trumpers here. Settle down, guys.

[@Marylandbrony]

Roodles Poodles You must be new here. Neo-Nazis and Fascists have always been active on the internet.

[@kate-miawhite5633]

yeah this really does sound like trump

[@Pseudonym77]

kate-mia white nope not at all.

[@TastyAppleFTW]

kate-mia white Deluded

[@missinginbc]

He twisted what Fascism is to liken it to Trump. Do some research.

[@SaveEuropeDuke]

Doesn't even sound close to what Trump says. Trump is a great president

[@Anonymous6688]

"Make Italy great again"? xD

[@roflmows]

not sure if you read these comments, but i'd like to help with the German pronunciations if i may, so you can use them in future lectures: Beer Hall Putsch = PUT-shh, not Poosh Lebensraum = LAY-bins-rowm, almost rhymes with "town" (hard to roll the R without practice and training) Kristallnacht = KRISS-shtall-nocked

[@gtaylor2455]

People read that translation from Italian and think that Mussolini is referring to corporations. A fascist corporate is not a modern corporation.

[@gt.abenezer]

Anyone 2019??

[@TheRogueHippie]

Anyone in 2020?? Phew... I'm sweating...

[@jackjack-sm2jg]

But what about Hirohito and Chinese genocide?

[@stunov3181]

jack jack, I don't think he was a Fascist. I think Shōwa Hirohito and Adolf Hitler just kind of sympathized with each other. The form of government Japan had was not a Fascist dictatorship, it was more like an absolute monarchy. The thing about Shōwa and Adolf is that both of them believed Democracy was weak and that race and/or ethnicity could determine one's worth. Ah yeah, and also because Hitler thought that having alliance with the Empire of Japan could be strategicly advantageous against the Soviet Union. Sorry if my English is not perfect, by the way. I'm from Brazil.

[@PrimeCaesar]

I would love to hear about fascism from someone who wasn't biased.

[@sammy4231]

Positioning Fascism to the Right is a common mistake. Communists called Fascists Right Wing. Well, for Communists, Fascists were the Right Wing of Socialism regarding those aspects mentioned. Compared to representative government with Individual Freedoms codified as Rights, all Socialism is Left.

[@jean-louispech4921]

positioning fascism to the left is absurdity made by ignorant in political analysis and in history. Fascists and nazis were self claimed far right. Learn history before writing lies. Fascism and Nazism are anti socialists, this is why fascists and nazis kill socialists and unions leaders. Socialism gives rights and power to the workers, fascists and nazis remove rights and power to the workers. Socialism is based on democratic power on economic level against the power of the non democratic power of the capitalists, nazism an fascism are about dictatorial control of the economy and the workers in favor of the big capitalists Socialism is egalitarian , fascism and nazism are about hierarchy, inequality. fascism and nazism = socialism is absurd, stupid, because nazism and fascism are totally antagonist to socialism ion their values, purpose, etc....

[@figofigo7908]

Fascism is considered third position or Alt Right Every fascist hates Communist

[@gamingclips481]

Do I suck because I enjoy these history videos made to help people with school for fun?

[@CIMAmotor]

You forgot a constant readiness for war, this is also a Fascist trait.