Facism: I will go with the Webster's dictionary definitions:
Definition of FASCISM
1
often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralizedautocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2
: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control fascism and brutality — J. W. Aldridge>
— fas·cist noun or adjective often capitalized
— fas·cis·tic adjective often capitalized
— fas·cis·ti·cal·ly adverb often capitalized
See Examples of FASCISM
- the rise of Fascism in Europe before World War II
- From the first hours of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, the propagandists on both sides of the conflict portrayed the struggle in stark, Manichaean language. The totalitarian nature of both regimes made this inevitable. On one side stood Hitler, fascism, the myth of German supremacy; on the other side stood Stalin, communism, and the international proletarian revolution. —Anne Applebaum, New York Review of Books, 25 Oct. 2007
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Origin of FASCISM
Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces
First Known Use: 1921
Is this really what President Obama is - Hitler or Mussolini? Don't think so.
Socialism:
so·cial·ism
noun \ˈsō-shə-ˌli-zəm\1
: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2
a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
Again, it is not what the Obama administration is trying to achieve. Let's just get our facts straight.
Instead, we have corporations and extremely wealthy individuals with a political agenda controlling our government, controlling elected officials (isn't that corruption in its purest form?), controlling our media (Fox and Murdoch?) with claims of patriotism, but when the discourse is just the opposite? Even Henry Ford (racist that he was) understood that he had to pay his employees enough so they could afford to buy his cars.
The hostility we see right now toward government employees is horrific. As a former such employee, I can tell you that government work is not easy, and we were regularly underpaid (as I was not in a unionized position) and we all viewed the wonderful benefits like healthcare and a pension, as a payback for earning less than we would in the private sector.
Thus, although I do not condone illegal activity, I can certainly understand what "Anonymous" has done in hacking the website of the Koch brothers' backed organization that is funding truly anti-American activity, by trying to undermine our discourse.