I just had a scary thought.
So I was pondering over the growing political divide and the increasingly vicious politics in the US and Western Europe, and I realized that this is scarily similar to post WW1 Italy. Opposing political factions are going to the extremes to get their politicians elected, and violence is rising solely due to politics. ANTIFA and Neo-Nazi groups are rioting with each other on the streets solely over politics. While I highly doubt there will be another international war in Europe or another civil war in the US, the rise of Mussolini’s Fascism seems scarily possible in the West. Fascism is the belief that democracy weakens nations and causes nations to divide and fight among themselves, and the ideal government should be run by an authoritarian third positionist government. Fascism claims to be a “third position” and the alternative government to “self defeating liberal democracy.” So while it may seem as if people have enough common sense to not buy into it, you have to keep in mind if things become so violent among opposing factions, civilian’s lives will be in danger, and people will become radicalized themselves in hopes of ending such division. My question for NSG is what is your opinion on this? Do you think Mussolini style Fascism will come about in the future of the West?
I really do think, unless people put aside their political differences, something like this will eventually happen. You can already see things escalating to violence in many parts of the West, and unless something happens, radical third positionist politicians will rise and gain mass public support with promises of ending the divide.
