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| + | Fascism is an [[authoritarianism|authoritarian]] form of political organization which aims at total involvement of all citizens in the goals and interests of the State. The goal of making the [[State]] the overriding interest in society is achieved by appealing with [[populism|populist]] rhetoric, including [[racism]], to create [[nationalism|nationalistic]] fervor. Fascism controls, but does not disintegrate the capitalist structure, and is thus associated with [[corporatism]]. | ||
| − | Fascism is | + | The truest form of Fascism is exclusively the Fascist movement in Italy, from which Mussolini emerged as 'Il Duce', the supreme leader. The Italian fascist movement shared enough in common with the German Nazi movement that they considered themselves natural allies, but there were differences, which caused friction between the two. The Nationalists under Francisco Franco in Spain grew, after WWII, to be more dissimilar from the other Fascist government systems than they were from each other, but during the [[Spanish Civil War, 1936|Spanish Civil War]], Hitler sent fighter and bomber planes to aid Franco's forces against the coalition of Socialists, Communists, and Anarchists fighting for the [[Wikipedia:Second Spanish Republic]] |
| − | Fascism | + | The sheer volume of work applied to scholarly unification of the disparate elements of these countries' actions into a coherent definition of Fascism has yielded considerable results. On the other hand, it is questionable whether this amounts in the end to more than an intellectual exercise; less is gained from coalescing the policies of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy than is lost from the definitions of either one separately. The definition of Franco's Spain suffers even more, as it is common to see right-wing pundits declare that regime to have not been Fascist at all, with there being no default definition to fill the gap. |
*[[Nazi]] Germany (and satellite regimes) | *[[Nazi]] Germany (and satellite regimes) | ||
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Fascism is an authoritarian form of political organization which aims at total involvement of all citizens in the goals and interests of the State. The goal of making the State the overriding interest in society is achieved by appealing with populist rhetoric, including racism, to create nationalistic fervor. Fascism controls, but does not disintegrate the capitalist structure, and is thus associated with corporatism.
The truest form of Fascism is exclusively the Fascist movement in Italy, from which Mussolini emerged as 'Il Duce', the supreme leader. The Italian fascist movement shared enough in common with the German Nazi movement that they considered themselves natural allies, but there were differences, which caused friction between the two. The Nationalists under Francisco Franco in Spain grew, after WWII, to be more dissimilar from the other Fascist government systems than they were from each other, but during the Spanish Civil War, Hitler sent fighter and bomber planes to aid Franco's forces against the coalition of Socialists, Communists, and Anarchists fighting for the Wikipedia:Second Spanish Republic
The sheer volume of work applied to scholarly unification of the disparate elements of these countries' actions into a coherent definition of Fascism has yielded considerable results. On the other hand, it is questionable whether this amounts in the end to more than an intellectual exercise; less is gained from coalescing the policies of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy than is lost from the definitions of either one separately. The definition of Franco's Spain suffers even more, as it is common to see right-wing pundits declare that regime to have not been Fascist at all, with there being no default definition to fill the gap.
