Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler

What is Fascism?

Eric Van Evans

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Fascism is one of those terms that has undergone thorough abuse. The term often manifests when the opportunity to humiliate political opponents is present. There are utterances of “Islamo-Fascism,” “Liberal Fascism,” and a replete number of conservatives and nationalists diagnosed as fascists. Partly, this is because the term arouses the horrors of World War II and the murderous regimes of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. Consequently, the term has strong…

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Eric Van Evans

Eric Van Evans is a professor, writer, philosopher, and YouTuber. Rutgers BA: Philosophy and Psychology Johns Hopkins MA: Global Security and Intelligence