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And Gentile also said that Fascism was the ultimate form of democracy. "The Nationalist state was an aristocratic state that constructed itself out of the force it inherited from its origin, which made it valued by the masses. The Fascist State, on the other hand, is a popular state and, in that sense, a democratic State par excellence." Democracy means 'People Power'.
FASCISM DEFINED | the Difference Between Fascism and National Socialism
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Solange du noch lebst, solange du noch kannst, sei ein rechtschaffener Mensch.
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Marcus Aurelius Antonius
The goals were power and wealth; the cultural capital that could secure those goals was courtly elegance or refinement (miyabi). The more elegant the person, the more desirable. An expression of that courtly elegance was an enhanced sensitivity called aware, later commonly expressed more fully as mono no aware. Deriving from a common exclamation meaning “ah!,” it signals coming across something striking. Mixed with attentiveness to the ephemeral, aware transformed the traditional Buddhist resignation toward impermanence into an aesthetic of poignancy. The cherry blossoms, for example, are all the more stunning because they bloom for such a short time.
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