Yes fascism used nationalism as a unifier. However, fascism actually operated upon the idea of social darwinism, in which the strongest survive, and promoted those individuals. In terms of economics, unions were BROKEN up, and then the strongest businessman excelled. Fascist governments wanted large businesses, and actually ENCOURAGED private profit. They simply required that those profits were from an activity that served the national interest. They also believed in class collaboration, in which unequal classes are seen as a POSITIVE thing. Now, I'm sure you are going to go find some more sources defending your point. I will agree with you that fascism is collectivism in some areas, I was wrong in stating that it absolutely wasn't. Truth is, a single, short definition of fascism like you provided from the dictionary is not accurate and is way too narrow. It is way more complicated than that. But lumping fascism with socialism and communism is not correct, and that was the poor-attempt at a point I was trying to make in the beginning. Don't let me ruffle your feathers too much!
Originally Posted by SteveM4A1
Yes fascism used nationalism as a unifier. However, fascism actually operated upon the idea of social darwinism, in which the strongest survive, and promoted those individuals. In terms of economics, unions were BROKEN up, and then the strongest businessman excelled. Fascist governments wanted large businesses, and actually ENCOURAGED private profit. They simply required that those profits were from an activity that served the national interest. They also believed in class collaboration, in which unequal classes are seen as a POSITIVE thing. Now, I'm sure you are going to go find some more sources defending your point. I will agree with you that fascism is collectivism in some areas, I was wrong in stating that it absolutely wasn't. Truth is, a single, short definition of fascism like you provided from the dictionary is not accurate and is way too narrow. It is way more complicated than that. But lumping fascism with socialism and communism is not correct, and that was the poor-attempt at a point I was trying to make in the beginning. Don't let me ruffle your feathers too much!
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