Italian fascism was born out of futurism, itself a reaction to perceived deficiencies in early 20th Century Italy – still largely rural and provincial with Italian unity being a fairly recent memory – by a frustrated elite who wanted the nation to grasp the future with both hands "however daring, however violent". ![]() While the set dressing of National Socialism is common knowledge – certain words and symbols setting off alarm bells instantly – less well known branches of fascism can slip through the net, as evidenced by that cringe-worthy observation occasionally made about how 'ironic' it is that countries on the receiving end of Nazi aggression (latter definition) can produce Nazis of their own (both definitions), which ignores whatever inglorious tradition of homegrown nationalist movements or inglorious history of militaristic or authoritarian regimes there might be. While a casual music fan might use 'Nazi' as a broad, catch-all term for any extreme racism or ethno-nationalism, a band espousing those beliefs, but contemptuous of the actual philosophy of National Socialism, as practised by Adolf Hitler and friends, can easily deny the claim. ![]() Deciphering a band's belief system is like wrestling with smoke because there's little common language between parties. One of the problems with the debate surrounding far right ideology within black metal is the fluidity of the terminology.
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