| | Like all socialist ideologies, fascism pushes its agendas by concentrating on a "scapegoat"—typically groups such as "the rich," "bourgeois," "economic royalists," "white privileged," "international bankers," "unvaccinated [[Jewish|Jews]] and [[Gypsies]]" (who were considered disease carriers),<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/05/anti-vaccination-germany-anti-semitism/618777/ Edna Bonhomme, "Germany’s Anti-vaccination History Is Riddled With Anti-Semitism. Jewish people were blamed for spreading disease, and considered expendable victims" ''The Atlantic'', MAY 2, 2021]. | | Like all socialist ideologies, fascism pushes its agendas by concentrating on a "scapegoat"—typically groups such as "the rich," "bourgeois," "economic royalists," "white privileged," "international bankers," "unvaccinated [[Jewish|Jews]] and [[Gypsies]]" (who were considered disease carriers),<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/05/anti-vaccination-germany-anti-semitism/618777/ Edna Bonhomme, "Germany’s Anti-vaccination History Is Riddled With Anti-Semitism. Jewish people were blamed for spreading disease, and considered expendable victims" ''The Atlantic'', MAY 2, 2021]. |
| − | </ref><ref>https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-the-bio-fascist-war-against-the-unvaccinated/</ref> and the campaigns waged by several fascist regimes against [[Freemasonry]]. The characteristics of fascism also include rampant [[cronyism]] and [[corruption]], as well as rigged elections and a general disdain for human rights.<ref>Dr. Lawrence Britt, "Fascism Anyone?," ''Free Inquiry;;, Spring 2003, page 20.</ref> | + | </ref><ref>https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-the-bio-fascist-war-against-the-unvaccinated/</ref> and the campaigns waged by several fascist regimes against [[Freemasonry]]. The characteristics of fascism also include rampant [[cronyism]] and [[corruption]], as well as rigged elections and a general disdain for [[free speech]] and human rights.<ref>Dr. Lawrence Britt, "Fascism Anyone?," ''Free Inquiry;;, Spring 2003, page 20.</ref> |
| | The fascists share with the communists a hatred of democracy and a belief in a one party, totalitarian state. Fascism seems not to flourish in countries with an Anglo-centric heritage. | | The fascists share with the communists a hatred of democracy and a belief in a one party, totalitarian state. Fascism seems not to flourish in countries with an Anglo-centric heritage. |