Forum Post: Definition of Fascism - Americans are not fascists!

That being said, there seems to be an ubiquitous misunderstanding "Fascism." I hope to clear this up by responding with an excerpt from my comment to another post:

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Fascism is more aligned with the left who want "bigger government" than the right who oppose big government. Consider the following excerpts from Wikipedia:

"It [fascism] entails a distinctive type of anti-capitalism and is typically, with a few exceptions, anti-clerical."

"Fascism advocates a state-directed, regulated economy that is dedicated to the nation that supports the use and primacy of regulated private property and private enterprise contingent upon service to the nation or state; the use of state enterprise where private enterprise is failing or is inefficient; pursues autarky; and is hostile to: finance capitalism, plutocracy, the "power of money", and internationalist economics."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

It doesn't sound right-wing, conservative or christian to me . . it sounds more leftist . . . actually it could define the "Occupy Wallstreet" movement.

But I have more faith in these people and their movement. I believe they only want change. Figuring out what that change should be is the difficult part.

If you want to be a real problem solver you need to intelligently examine both sides of the debate, find the common thread, identify the problem, and come up with mutually beneficial solutions. None of which is currently being done by Corporations, the Federal Government, of the Occupy Wallstreet movement. Everyone is pointing fingers, calling names and playing the blame game.

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The name calling and labeling must stop in order to make an effective change!

No matter what you might think you know, this country is still the best place to live. My children recently discovered this reality when we visited a third world country. My nephew, age 10, kept saying he wanted to go back to "THE First World" meaning the United States. My son, daughter & two nephews ages 9-15 realized through this experience that we, as Americans, are very fortunate. I hope future generations will be able to say the same.