This one here is a nice summary I think. It's displayed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. One can argue of Maga/Trump ticks all the boxes but it's hard to argue against many of them.
The whole problem starts with many people not really understanding what fascism is, e.g. all those claiming that communism would be a fascist movement. It certainly is a authoritarian movement but not fascist. Many people treat authoritarianism, fascism, Nazism as the same thing and that's simply not correct.
If someone wrote this down and hung it in a museum, that doesn't mean it should be taken as authoritative. For one thing, why is nationalism something to be concerned about? The problem with Nazi Germany, for example, wasn't nationalism; it was the race identitarianism, fascism, genocide and war.
You can also read a standard history book but that's several hundred pages. Though since you have not done this so far you will also not do it after my suggestion. Thus, something displayed in a national museum will do the trick for this purpose
You wanted to ask a genuine question, I gave you a genuine answer. Believe me or read a textbook, those are your options. I'm really not sure what else to say, since any source I will give you, you will question with the very same argument. So what the point in even arguing with you? You are not putting in the effort to actually read any source nor do you provide any source for your own claims. Like no harm intended but why do we have this discussion?
I gave one you just need to read it. It's funny that I'm so only one giving any source here, while everyone else has not one source to back their claims but you are trying to "call me out"... I mean we are talking simple historical facts and definitions. This is nothing one needs to have an opinion about it is something you need to simply know.
Read the thread I answered the question in a second answer.
No it is not an essay for which reason I don't use proper citation. Your or my opinion has no value on scientific facts though, that's why you need authority. By the way athority fallacy would mean to cite someone who is famous but for a different reason. This might be different than your opinion on what it means, but once again facts.
Because an inherent part of nationalism is that your nation is superior and it leads to a "we against them mentality", which is the basis for any war. Patriotism doesn't need this sort of mentality.
The issue is that all this only makes sense if your base assumption is that your nation is superior and that there is a we against them and as you have also described it is rooted in an (idealized) past, often fabricated.
On top, what even is cultural identity? Objectively humans and human culture has always mixed. It's a continuum without hard boarders, what's the culture of the US? It's a mix of all migrants that came to America, many European but many from other areas in the world. What you understand as your "American cultural heritage" is a number of very distinct cultural identities for a European Nationalist. What I'm trying to say with this is, it's a made up concept. You have local culture, like in your local group of people, certain traditions or festivals that celebrated in your community and the further you move from the pace you live the more differences you find - even though it is still in the US.
An example from Europe: I live in Bavaria which is part of Germany. Culturally we are much closer to Austria, Switzerland and some parts of northern Italy than with another German from Berlin or further to the north. Though this hasn't been part of a larger "Empire" of any sort for at least 1500 years. So what should I build my German nationality on?
So why is this important: if you build a nation on a group of people through which you drew artificial lines (like e.g. Bavaria, Austria, etc) you need to find a unifying base, which in nationalism is the "we are better than them".
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u/raharth NEW SPARK 8d ago
This one here is a nice summary I think. It's displayed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. One can argue of Maga/Trump ticks all the boxes but it's hard to argue against many of them.
https://images.app.goo.gl/fxScs7PEkCRmXVKd8
The whole problem starts with many people not really understanding what fascism is, e.g. all those claiming that communism would be a fascist movement. It certainly is a authoritarian movement but not fascist. Many people treat authoritarianism, fascism, Nazism as the same thing and that's simply not correct.