The Xenopolis Confederation wrote:Is pan-Arab Socialism ethno-Nationalistic by necessitity? I guess it could be argued to be. Still, theren's more to Fascism than racism and collectivist ecomonomics.
Yes. By its very nature, Pan-Arabism is ethno-centric, because there is no "civic" culture for any non-ethnic nationalism to originate from among Arab Cultures. And... kinda, not really? At its core, economic or social collectivist policies, the existence of a "master race" (or "master culture"), and a totalitarian state is all you need to deduce a state is roughly "Fascist".
Cerinda wrote:That's not what Ba'athism is at all, Jesus Christ. Ba'athism is a Socialist left-wing nationalist movement that calls for Pan-Arabism, nothing about it is fascist, fascism privatises the economy while Ba'athist governments have nationalised it and brought it under the control of the workers. Also the Syrian government is allies with communist groups and was allies with the Soviet Union, hell it's still allies with Cuba and North Korea, but yeah it's totally "fascist."
1- Ba'athism is only left-wing in the same sense Strasserism is left-wing. It has proto-collectivist economic principles hidden behind layers and layers of ethno-centric hate and spite. It is Nationalist
first and foremost, and by very design only implements collectivist economic policies (and not socialist either. As Torocca so-eloquently put, it is no fan of collectivisation beyond what is necessary for the Arab State to survive) because it is "What the Arab People Need". Kinda like how early post-syndicalist Fascists thought about socialism, which is of course no surprised as its early founders were either fascists or heavily influenced by fascists.
2- Depending on the Fascist State in question, your "privatizes the economy" can have no leg to stand on. Early Fascists were no fan of privatization, but rather "collectivisation". Not full control of everything, but "anything that can Help" the ethno-state in question.
3- I'm not sure if you realize how diplomatic principles work. People, contrary to popular belief, don't make alliances based on political or social opinions, but on common benefits.