New Discourses Fascism Is Progressive
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Apr 6, 2026 A provocative take that reframes fascism as an ultra-progressive project rather than merely reactionary. It contrasts fascism with communism and critiques left–right labels. The discussion traces mythic nationalism, blood-and-soil ideas, eugenics and spiritual evolutionism. It offers new metaphors for political mapping and coins the term 'woke nationalism'.
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Fascism As A Progressive Ideology
- James Lindsay argues fascism is progressive rather than simply reactionary, aiming to propel humanity forward to an idealized future.
- He contrasts this with communism, which he calls regressive by progressive means aiming to return people to a premodern communal state.
Fascism Means Binding People Together
- Lindsay explains 'fascism' literally means a bundle that binds people together around a mythic past to achieve a collective future.
- The fascis iconography (bundle of sticks with an axe) symbolizes unity plus militant action toward national completion.
Blood And Soil As Progressive Project
- Fascist doctrine frames a nation as 'a people in a place' (blood and soil) who, united, will advance humanity to higher stages.
- Hitler and other fascists envisioned breeding and cultural projects to create an idealized future human type.