Fascism: An in-Depth Explanation - Ryan Chapman

[Nemra]

And they say that philosophy is just "abstract" nonsense.

His YouTube channel is of high quality.

[Leo Gura]

Yeah, he's excellent.

[manuel bon]

Don't have time right now to watch the whole video, so maybe it's a stupid question; but why did he talk about Italian and German fascism but not the Spanish one? Would be interesting to know about that too, Franco had an important role also for many years after the war.

Edited September 16, 2024 by manuel bon

[mmKay]

@manuel bon

Mussolini and Hitler were more about tearing things down and building something new

Franco was more focused on keeping traditional values like the Church and the monarchy intact.

Another reason Franco gets less attention is that Spain stayed out of World War II.

Mussolini and Hitler were right in the middle of it, and their drive to conquer new territories was a big part of their fascist identity.

Another big difference is that Franco wasn’t as obsessed with pushing a strict ideology. He used the fascist "Falange" early on but as time passed he distanced himself from its more radical ideas.

Franco kept Spain neutral and just concentrated on staying in control at home. His regime lasted long after the war, but it shifted more toward a conservative dictatorship, not a full blown fascism like Italy or Germany

 

 

Edited September 16, 2024 by mmKay

[manuel bon]

58 minutes ago, mmKay said:

@manuel bon

Mussolini and Hitler were more about tearing things down and building something new

Franco was more focused on keeping traditional values like the Church and the monarchy intact.

Another reason Franco gets less attention is that Spain stayed out of World War II.

Mussolini and Hitler were right in the middle of it, and their drive to conquer new territories was a big part of their fascist identity.

Another big difference is that Franco wasn’t as obsessed with pushing a strict ideology. He used the fascist "Falange" early on but as time passed he distanced himself from its more radical ideas.

Franco kept Spain neutral and just concentrated on staying in control at home. His regime lasted long after the war, but it shifted more toward a conservative dictatorship, not a full blown fascism like Italy or Germany

Yes it's true, but still I don't see why not to talk about it. Maybe Franco was not in the war as Mussolini and Hitler, but he still had a big part in it, even if on paper Spain was more neutral. I mean, a neutral country doesn't have concentration camps, and Spain does. Also, the fact that Spain was not focused not expanding, and not as present in the war as Italy and Germany were, doesn't mean that it was not a fascist country. Fascism stayed long after the war, and as in Italy it has never died. Today we're not at the same level of Franco and Mussolini, but unfortunately we're getting back there.

[Nemra]

@manuel bon, he mentioned the Spanish one in the video that I shared in the following thread: How World War 2 Began - Ryan Chapman 

Edited September 17, 2024 by Nemra