2. Fascism and communism are two forms of ideology that people mostly do not agree upon. Fascism, in itself, is the belief in four main ideas. Absolute power of the state, Survival of the fittest, Strict social order, and Authoritarian leadership. Fascist believe that the state in more in important than any individual. It’s the idea that all individuals are apart of the state but the state is greater than the sum of all of its parts. It’s the belief that all individuals should set apart their own needs to help the needs of the state. Fascist also believe in Survival of the fittest, which is pretty self explanatory. In Fascist minds, peace is seen as weakness. Aggression is seen as strength. It is known that strength …show more content…
It can be exemplified by the creation of the British nation sate in the late 18th century. Civic nationalism doesn’t bother worrying about ethnicity, race, color, gender or what language you speak. Many people consider a civic nation more so a community. It involves that of equal rights, they are all united in some sort of patriotic attachment and they all share the same set of political practices and values. Examples of this could be the 1960s civil rights movement in the United states. A civic nation state claims self-governing rights and right for its citizens making it “democratic” in a sense. They are mainly united by a civic rather than an ethnic definition of belonging and are attached to civic institutions like the Parliament and the rule of …show more content…
I believe that Civic nationalism is more of a realistic way of living because although, common ethnicity helps with uniting people, civic nationalism provides a frame work for law, political participation ect. I think civic nationalism is more seen to be compatible with liberal democracy because of the fact that it focuses on individual freedoms and focuses on lawmaking and making sure that everyone gets along. Civic nationalists believe that without common unity by the law people wont physically know what is right and wrong and in my mind all hell will break loose. Civic nationalism represents “the will of the people” and with that becomes more liberal democratic than cultural