@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Since the concept of fascism is so poorly defined, the Italian novelist and [semiotician] Umberto Eco has sought to define a typology of Ur-fascism, the characteristics of which are as follows:
- Cult of tradition leading to a rejection of modernity
- Cult of action for action's sake leading to suspicion of culture
-- Dissent is regarded as betrayal (See: [
OnFreeSpeech)
+- Dissent is regarded as betrayal (See: OnFreeSpeech)
- Rejection of diversity due to fear of difference
- Fascism springs from indvidual or social frustration
- Xenophobic nationalism (See: [UTistic]) leading to an obsession with conspiracy
- Life is regarded as struggle, pacificism is collusion
