Quaeg wrote:Fascism is different from alot of other ideologies because it's actively hostile. Aggressiveness and scapegoating is part of its basis. It's not like other political stances where it has an official definition, it's more of an umbrella term for oligarchies and authoritarianism. You don't have 'policies of fascism' you have 'early warning signs of fascism'. People condemn fascism because unlike other political positions (eg. conservative or liberal) which are fairly neutral, fascism is indicative of malevolent intent.
That's blatantly false though, fascism has a rich history of political, economic, and cultural thought. Fascism has a defined political and economic structure, which Mussolini described as "corporatism" in which the state and the corporations work together for the betterment of the nation. Granted, those benefits are bestowed upon the nation and are exclusive to it, but it hardly requires violence against others.