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HIERARCHY and Patriarchy are the keys to Fascism, Monarchy, and all Totalitarian governments.
The idea is that some people are better than others and should rule over them.
1. HIERARCHY is often displayed as the tip of a pyramid.
Misogyny, Racism, Zenophobia, Nativism, Classism, and Ableism are ALL expressions of HIERARCHY.
When we hear racist, misogynist, or other derogatory comments we should know that we are in the presence of FASCISTS.
2. On the lower right side of the pyramid is the opposite of HIERARCHY in Human Relations, EQUALITY.
This is the principle that all people are equal, that no person or group is better than others.
Fascists do NOT believe that all people are equal in any way. They do not accept the basis of the Declaration of Independence.
Lincoln made EQUALITY and the Declaration the basis for what was a Second Republic or Second Foundation that resulted from the Civil War.
Human Relations always involve Wealth and Power, which measure where we are between HIERARCHY and EQUALITY. Power and Wealth are not inherently negative. We object to their misuse and irresponsibility to society. The Wealthy and Powerful rise up repeatedly to beat down EQUALITY. Heather Cox Richardson notes that in Reconstruction Southerners fused race and class in order not to be accused of racial discrimination.
Government is about who shall decide issues that arise among us. This is Control.
ANARCHY is NO control.
Democracy, in which the people choose by majority, lies between HIERARCHY and ANARCHY.
4. The bottom line of the pyramid measures Freedom and Rights between EQUALITY and ANARCHY.
Both EQUALITY and ANARCHY seek equal Rights and Freedom, but ANARCHY hopes to achieve them without any controls.
EQUALITY for minorities, labor, women, children, the aged, and the disabled requires restrictions on Wealth and Power.
FASCISTS do not believe that people without Wealth, Power, and Class Status deserve any Rights.
Monarchs and Dictators believe that they own “Liberty,” which they dispense or withhold, and is not the same as Freedom.
6. Within the larger triangle are the forms of totalitarianism and participatory republics.
Naziism was race-based.
Italian Fascism focused on class but not race.
Communism is state-controlled authoritarianism claiming social EQUALITY.
A Monarchy can be inherited, giving continuity to authoritarians. HIERARCHY is reinforced by the presence of an Aristocracy.
Democratic Socialists work to end capitalism. A Democratic Republic relies on voters to elect representatives in a system where they can achieve what the people want. Social Democracies, such as in Scandinavia, regulate capitalism and establish broad social welfare programs.
7. Everything exists within the context of Social, Economic, Political, and Personal forces.
The environment, climate, cultural controversies, and disputes with other states will also affect a nation.
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I perused many books and watched many YouTube videos to come to the above understandings. I was a history major in college, and studied much history in seminary, but never learned most of the definitions and relationships described above. Trump has taught us all the meaning of Fascism that we thought we would never see.
I welcome any corrections, deletions, or additions that the reader may suggest.
In conclusion, EQUALITY is the key to Freedom, Justice, and Power to the people. MAGA and Trump are straight up FASCISTS. I am deeply concerned that before we can remove Trump and reverse the minority rule of the current MAGA version of the Republican party, we will separate as states and descend into another civil war, although not one that is regional. I work toward the more likely outcome, that new leadership in support of Equality will reveal themselves, and a new Constitution is written to correct the evils of the old one, and the ability of evil persons and parties to subvert it.
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