(ELI5) what actually is a facist
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Umberto Eco’s: Ur Fascism has a fourteen point list to use to determine if you‘re living under one, or what the “philosophy“ values and enforces. He, as somebody who grew up in a fascist system, would know. If you’re really curious I’d recommend that. It’s more a simple guide on how to recognize it by its cultural norms/behaviors. There are quite a few books, but that 14 point list is what I use to determine what makes a fascist, or what qualities within a governing system make a fascist nation/state. People like lists, and 14‘s a comparatively small number to reading entire books on it.
Someone else recommended “the Origins of Totalitarianism“ by Hanah Arendt, and I second that, as it is a good comprehensive summation, if you have the time and patience to read it.
If you want an actual explaination for a 5 year old, fascists are people who value the state/nation, where a person is from over anything they contribute or act on. They tend to be really specific about traditions and put all their values on “old“ ways, that have been changed for good reasons. Fascists tend to say anything to get people on “their side“ and are insincere and you can catch them being hippocritical about their promises if you bother remembering what they say and do. They value race as if the color of your skin says anything about you, and ocasionally hide behind numbers they come up with on the spot. There are a lot of things to look for because they‘re so inconsistent about everything else. I‘d say an obsession over tradition and nation are the top two things to look for because that‘s the easiest tell. Patriotism‘s a silly thing to value, and they use it to bully people who aren‘t from similar places. Physically or Culturally.
And then I‘d go through the dictionary to clarify bigger concepts/unknown words etc.
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