Word: fascisms
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...parents' child, as were we, much more than we realized. Our parents outlasted the Depression and defeated the armies of fascism. They taught us, by word and deed, that we Americans could do anything if we put our minds to it--that the world would bend to our will, and that it was our duty to exercise that will. We were raised to believe that what we thought mattered, that what we did mattered. What were we trying to do but complete our parents' liberation of the world? What were we trying to build if not that shining city...
...hope that just the process of debating who should make the TIME 100 will be an interesting way to help us think about a century that saw the transition from an industrial age into an electronic one, the triumph of democratic capitalism over fascism and communism, the horrors of unprecedented World Wars and genocide, the development of movies and television and the Internet, and the magic of new forms of art, music and sport...
...days, let us not forget that behind each medal and ribbon, there is a story of heroism yes, but also profound sadness; for World War II was not a good war. From North Africa to Salerno, from Normandy to the Bulge to Berlin, an entire continent lost to fascism had to be taken back, village by village, hill by hill. And further eastward, from Tarawa to Okinawa, the death struggle for Asia was an assault against dug-in positions, surmounted only by unbelievable courage at unbearable loss...
...that the blows of rapid economic change fall most heavily on those least able to absorb them, and that it makes sense, both economically and politically, to protect those people. He reminds readers that the economic dislocation of the '20s and '30s opened the way for the rise of fascism. One need only observe the growing strength of the far right in Europe or the strange appeal of ultranationalists in the U.S. to see how the ruthless efficiency of capitalism can create social unrest in tandem with wealth...
Kohn blames the recent resurgence of fascism in Germany on capitalist reforms enacted after reunification...