Category talk:Greek fascists
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[edit] Greek military government
The Greek military government of 1967-1974 was clearly not a fascist regime and nor were its leaders. Fascism, in very basic terms, is a form of radical nationalism based on authoritarian and anti-capitalist principles. The military government's nationalism, according to most historians, was conservative or rightist rather than radical, its authoritarianism did not constitute a major aspect of its ideology (after all, Papadopoulos made an effort to return to democracy) but rather a utilitarian purpose, and there is no evidence that the regime ever opposed capitalism, let alone tried to replace it with another economic system. The fact of the matter is that Metaxas' 4th of August government is considered to be "quasi-fascist" by a significant amount of historians so the 21st of April government (which had even fewer similarities to fascism) cannot be legitimately labeled as "fascist". If specific individuals in the military government either self-described as fascist or fit the prerequisites of fascism (i.e. the scholarly definition of the term), they should of course be added to the list but, otherwise, they do not belong there and would belong more in a list of Greek nationalists. That said, there are a great many radical nationalists who could legitimately be placed in this category so there should not be a problem in finding any to fill the void left by the removal of the conservative/rightist nationalists. Critias 19:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
