Plum Doodle 338

fascism

fascism n. Fascism is right-wing dictatorship with a government controlled economy and no opposition: right-wing dictatorship, corporate state, corporatism, corporativism; (variously) national socialism, Nazism; totalitarianism, police state; plutocracy, oligarchy

Word origin: Fascisim comes from Italian Fascismo, idealogy of the government of Benito Mussolini (formed in 1919). The word comes from Latin fasces, bundle of rods around an axe (as depicted on the U.S. ten-cent piece).The fasces of Mussolini’s fascism symbolized the anticommunist coalition that had brought it into being. in economic theory,  fascism is often called corporatism and the fascist state the corporate state. Although Italian fascism has been extinct since World War II, the word is still much used and is virtually synonymous with “right-wing dictatorship.” 

from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.

March 12, 2025
Hudson Valley, New York

10,000 Plum Doodles Project 

I often use scribbles as the genesis for a painting. These squiggles carry energy for me, and on their own, they tell a story. I call them plums because they are little treats for my imagination. I will continue adding to this project until I have reached 10,000 drawings.

John S. Hall‘s 10,000 Poems Project inspired me – but rather than writing – I decided to collect my drawings. Sometimes I write when I doodle, and sometimes I share the writing as well.