Prologue

The Road to Fascism.

In this book, "The Road to Fascism," I will endeavor to show that Democracy is in peril in our time. Fascism is not a new idea or a new political movement. We thought that it ended with the last world wars.

Sadly, it is now in resurgence. Fascism today may not often be in the form of a political overthrow, but it is nevertheless encroaching in the world today, including in the United States of America. Fascism today is taking roots incrementally in small and significant steps.

To understand this concept, we first need to comprehend the different political ideologies from the past to our days. The first chapters will introduce a simplified concept of these, from Democracies to Communism to Fascism and all political ideologies in between.

The incremental steps that fascism (also called the Alt-Right) loves and works with in our days include:

Division of people and societies. The fear of the "other." The hate for the Other. Hate is the reason why Democracy will fail. Throughout history, hate for the perceived "other" dominates the downfall of a society. There is a large swath of the electorate in America today that hates anything that hints of liberalism. Its adherents would rather vote for an obviously vile candidate just because he isn't a liberal. Fascism will promote racism in all its forms. "Unaddressed systemic racism is the most important issue in the United States today. It has been so since before the founding of the nation. Fascism loves the Strong Man phenomenon. New authoritarians, Strong Man, today come to power by elections. They use legal loopholes weaknesses in the regulatory systems and the legal systems to consolidate their power. Election irregularities are a feature of authoritarians today because they can't do away with elections. So, if they have to keep elections, they will manipulate them. Political parties, mainly from the right, will have and accept elections as long as they win. Today in the USA, authoritarian demagogs in power in republican states will germander the votes in their favor and make it very hard for voters (primarily black and or progressive areas) they see as not supporting them to be able to vote with new draconian laws to make sure they win.

Populist Authoritarians demagogues are stating that the press is "the enemy of the people." How often have we heard the term "fake News' in the last few years? Each time the news was unfavorable to "The Dear Leader." Fascism will only accept the press if the news is in their favor and not critical of them. State-controlled news is the end game for all forms of fascism.

People and politicians may or may not be aware of this advance of fascism. People fear their world is changing when they do not want changes. Fascism will grow and take roots in this fertile ground. The road to fascism will promote ideologies to divide people further, thus gaining ground and political power. They will encourage hate of ideas such as Critical Race Theory by the false statements of protecting children from Critical Race Theory by saying that they are made to make white people feel bad about themselves. These right-wing politicians (probably pro-fascists) are banning books that refer to race issues. The word "Woke," which is an alert to injustice in society, especially racism, has become a battering ram for the right-wing pro-fascist against all those they perceive as the enemy.