• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    14 hours ago

    Nazism was the ideology of the Nazi party in 1930s Germany, and Fascism was the ideology of Italy under Mussolini. The main difference was that Nazism had more of an emphasis on racial purity and racism, whereas fascism was more focused on totalitarian, authoritarian control.

    In the context of insulting a modern day extreme right wing person though, they’re pretty much synonymous.

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      13 hours ago

      whereas fascism was more focused on totalitarian, authoritarian control

      Really? As I recall, Mussolini is less authoritarian than Hitler

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      13 hours ago

      The term fascism is way older, goes back to at least ancient rome.

      The idea being that the group stand above the individual: fasces being a bundle of stick. It motivates sacrifice of self and others for a group by stating the individual stick is weak, but the bundle is strong.

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          13 hours ago

          Ceasar’s rome was fascist in name and ideology.