Fascism Question: Is North Korea fascist?

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They definitely reject capitalism. It seems that North Korea also rejects Marxism. North Korea removed Marxism from its laws. They support nationalism.

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[–]chadwickofwv 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. All communist governments are fascist by definition. Fascism is where the government and corporations are one and the same, or indistinguishable. In communism, by definition, the state has complete control over corporations, therefore meeting the definition of fascism.

[–]Adventurous_Ad6212 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No. North korea is best korea that is all.

[–]chottohen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is a really good question for discussion in groups of three or four, if you're teaching a class. In fact one of my teachers did just that: he drew a long horizontal line on the board with right at the end of line on the right and left at the end of the line on the left. (You could substitute fascist communist or whatever you like.) Then he wrote some names on the board, beginning with obvious ones like Mao, Hitler, and so on. We, in our groups, had to place names on the left-right axis. Yes, I now know that it's not a continuum and I'm sure he did too and that was one point of the lesson. When you get to the extreme left and right, the weakness of the continuum becomes clear because there is crossover. You could add another dimension like plotting an x y graph in mathematics. Where would Henry Kissinger go?

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, they're communist. They aren't completely Marxist because you can't sustain that, but they're the closest you get at the present time. They also constantly compare US presidents to Hitler.