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Old September 1st 04, 04:13 AM
James Robinson
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Wdtabor wrote:

Fascism comes in a number of flavors, but the key elements a

An authoritarian power structure


Agreed.

A collectivist economy (either socialism or feudalism will do)


Disagree. While Fascism morphed somewhat over time, it was intensely
against socialism from the beginning. That opposition was one of the
prime tenets of the philosophy. That said, the ideology was also
against a completely free economy, preferring government direction, but
also not for the benefit of the masses. The idea of government control
was more in line with their authoritarian bent than it was a statement
of left or right leaning in economic terms. Overall, using strictly an
economic measure, Fascism was neither left nor right, but somewhere
slightly right of center.