Facism and the Counter-Enlightenment One of the primary ideas of the counter-enlightenment is its attack of reason. The leaders of the counter-enlightenment argued that humans are not rational beings, and we are separated by our difference. The leaders were against all types of people coming together as one. This would probably explain their hatred for communism. Most were against women and other minorities. They looked at race and gender as means of inferiority. To some groups, the people who were considered superior of races and sex were European men. These white men were considered to be the smartest, most creative, and strongest of all classifications of people. It is thought that these white men are born to dominate the less inferior, and rule the world.The leaders and followers of the counter-revolution were against the idea of universalism; which means that all humans are connected and equal. Counter-revolutionist argued that since everyone does not look alike, and we are not the same sex, we do not create the same things, and some people are clearly more talented that others that we can not be equal. Some of these core ideas led the way for ruthless dictators such as Hitler to lead race wars across the world. Leaving innocent victim dead along the way especially Jews. Women have also suffered such ideas because most men have thought of women as inferior to them. I must note that women have been thought of as inferior long before the counter-enlightenment.As mentioned previously, Adolf Hitler was one of the most famous and successful leaders of the fascism movement. He is regarded as one of the supreme dictators. He evoked a spirit of unity and hope among the German people, with this hope Hitler was able to lead a crusade that extinguished millions of Jews and other inferior people. Hitler hated communism and Jews most of all. He hated communism because he did not think that all people are equal, and if you t...
