{"id":85235,"date":"2025-08-22T07:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=85235"},"modified":"2025-08-22T07:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:14:31","slug":"another-definition-of-fascism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/08\/22\/another-definition-of-fascism\/","title":{"rendered":"Another definition of fascism"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Christensen shared this definition of fascism with me yesterday.<\/p>\n

The subject has always been of concern to us. In January 2005, we had a meeting in the Pizza Express opposite the British Library to discuss how to develop the idea of tax justice, which by then clearly had the capability of becoming our full-time occupations if only we could find the funding to keep our families going (as in due course we did).<\/p>\n

During that meeting, we conducted what was, in effect, a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis. I clearly recall we agreed on the threat. It was fascism. Nothing has changed. This is the list John has always used to describe the characteristics of fascism when, as I noted the other day, the one thing a fascist will never do is describe themselves as such:<\/p>\n

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The list is helpful, and far too familiar now, given the behaviour of too many politicians both in the USA and here in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Christensen shared this definition of fascism with me yesterday. The subject has always been of concern to us. In January 2005, we had a
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