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Mal, you'd do a lot better to actually formulate your opinions on types of government and rule based on stuff other than the US for the last like, 2 years or so. If I post accredited scholars defining what actually defines fascism would you take time to read it, or would you simply say it's wrong and act as if you know more than them?

Anyway fascism as a concept is inherently neither a "left" or "right" form of government, as it exists outside of the linear political spectrum. It's hard to give it a specific definition though, due to the differences between fascist governments, specifically the Nazi party and the National Fascist Party of Italy. When you look at the examples of fascist governments in history, specifically in early 20th century Europe which saw the rise of multiple ideologies rose that were linked to fascism, there's some commonalities between them. Generally all of them were developed with a sense of nationalistic pride, specifically as a response to the rise of class based ideologies of socialism and communism. But they also had issues with Liberalism and Conservatism of their times as well. And most of them also believed heavily in imperialism and developing a totalitarian state for their "empires". Likewise economically most of them also believed in a blend of capitalism and Marxism, placing it outside of the spectrum of those two ideologies. What's unique to the Nazi party specifically was the general anti-Semitic nature, though plenty of historians accredit that to the general thought that had been cultivating in Germany well prior to the rise of the Nazi party and more in the late 19th century throughout smaller towns and rural cities.

Anyway I don't have time to say more but it's completely intellectually dishonest to claim fascism as a concept is left or right and any serious amount of research into the subject tends to point in that direction.
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