Page 203 - Fascism: The Bloody Ideology Of Darwinsim

SI
IL
LE
E
T TH E S I L E N T R I S E
H
HE S
IS
SE
E
RI
EN
NT R
T

T THE SILENT RISE

O O F F F
O OF

S
SC
SM
IS
CI
F F A A AS C I S M
F FASCISM
M

he defeat and collapse of fascism during the Second World War led
most people to believe that "fascism was eliminated completely."
T However, that has by no means been the case. It is true that the
foremost representatives of fascism have been removed from power, but
the foundations of their ideology (Darwinism, the love of violence and
racism) still survive. For that reason, the death of Hitler or Mussolini did
not mean the death of fascism. On the contrary, the widespread belief that
"fascism had ceased to exist" only prepared the ground for the
development of new fascist groups. Fascism survived, sometimes under
its original name, other times by disguising itself. In fact, it enjoyed a
particular rise in prominence during the 1990s.
This chapter will examine this new upsurge of fascism and the
threat it poses to the world. We shall first see how racism is alive and well
in Europe, and then consider the proliferation of neo-Nazi organizations.
Finally, we shall identify the ideology behind this phenomenon, the
hidden face behind the growing trends in racism.

The Neo-Nazis

According to official German figures, there were 10,037 incidents of
a racist or xenophobic nature in 1999. Racist incidents in 2000 numbered