After the end of World War II, social and political movements emerged and gradually strengthened, taking the views of the National Socialists as an ideological basis. The followers and adherents of these associations were close in spirit to those who once implemented the policy of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. This ideology was called "neo-Nazism".
Roots and origins of neo-Nazism
The origins of modern neo-Nazism lie in the ideology of the National Socialists of the Third Reich. They believed that the entire course of history testifies to the unconditional superiority of the white race, which at the same time is on the path to regression and extinction under the influence of other racial groups. The only way to stop such a regression, the Nazis believed, was to pursue a special policy towards "others."
During the formation and strengthening of Hitler's regime, the Nazis managed to create a strong centralized state. As one of the tasks of the Third Reich, the creation of a society built on the purity of the race and striving to conquer vital space for the elect was proclaimed. Representatives of races other than the "Aryan" were declared inferior, and therefore subject to enslavement or complete extermination.
The neo-Nazis basically borrowed most of the elements that made up the Nazi doctrine. The main features of modern neo-Nazism are racism, fascism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia and homophobia. Neo-Nazis for the most part deny the existence of the Holocaust, widely use the symbols of the German Nazis and honor Adolf Hitler, praising his "dignity" and intransigence in the fight against dissent.
The ideology of neo-Nazism
Neo-Nazism as a political and ideological trend prioritizes the superiority of a certain nation or other group of people, while belittling the importance of the rest of humanity. The most radical representatives of neo-Nazism call for the active use of repressive measures in relation to "inferior" peoples and groups of people.
At the heart of the views and actions of neo-Nazis is an aggressive desire to get rid of those who look, think and feel differently than they do. The fight against dissent often turns into persecution of foreigners, persecution of people on racial or ethnic grounds. Nazism reigning in society in its modern form is total fear and psychological terror.
Opponents of neo-Nazi views consider their ideology to be far from humanity, if not simply inhuman. In a number of countries in Europe and Latin America, there are laws that explicitly prohibit the public expression of views in one way or another related to anti-Semitic, racist and Nazi sentiments. The fight against neo-Nazism is also being carried out at the level of introducing bans on Nazi symbols and literature of this kind.