Resurgence of Fascism
The world seems to have been living a myth. Like a wave of excitement that follows any success, society seemed to have been riding on a false belief that racism, fascism and religious hatred was on the decline, following the second world war.
Today, however, there is an obvious resurgence of a dormant spirit. Granted, many groups of people lost sight of what was important and what they really needed, and instead chose to pursue hedonistic, selfish ambitions that could have directly fed this spirit’s resurgence.
Why did the spirit of hatred and fascism never fully die? Why did the human populace not realize that reveling in the face of the decline of racist forces must not be overdone? These are the two questions I ask rhetorically, wishing I hadn’t needed to.
Following the last world war, the fascist forces were weakened and not eradicated. Today, more than ever, there is a mixing of cultures, languages and races. Sadly, however, the underlying prejudice and hatred had never died out. For instance:
- Nazis after the fall of the Third Reich had never quit politics in Europe. Jorg Haider, Le Pen, Kurt Waldhiem and so many others continued to be major political players.
- The caste hierarchy in India had never ceased. Despite being made illegal, the system continues to enslave millions of Indians.
- In a significant chunk of the Islamic world, tolerance had never grown to mean much, by western standards set forward by nations such as France and Germany over the last couple of decades. Distrust and persecution of religious minorities remains common-place.
Excesses from the previously weaker sections of society allowed fascism to resurge in today’s politics. For instance:
- Every single one of the terrorist attacks by Islamic terrorists over the vast number of years has contributed to the fire power that the lurking fascists in Europe and America were looking for.
- When 5 police officers were shot in Dallas at a time when the national media was spearheading the campaign to exhibit the obvious police brutality towards black civilians, the movement lost momentum.
- When it became fashionable to be racist towards individuals of the majority community and get away with it for being a minority, the monster that is white nationalism was being fed.
- When a minority member of society did not pick on the fact that he stood to gain little by putting down other groups of people (either minority or majority), he fueled this rise of fascism.
Today, we have a clear view of the consequences of the events that have transpired over the last 70 years. We are to blame for this. If this world slips back into chaos, it is not the responsibility of one race, religion or group but is the collective result of greed, ignorance and short-sightedness from so many groups.
