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Originally Posted by Cajundaddy
Fascism is government by a ruling elite, typically a highly militarized one. Venezuela and N Korea are good current examples of ruling elite fascism under the thin veil label of socialism.
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This makes a lot of sense based on my limited but expanding knowledge of Fascism's rise in Spain.
It also fits what I know about Germany.
However, I still remain ignorant of Fascism and Italy. I haven't read much in that direction.
Franco was originally a monarchist, but being a monarchist did not result in foreign allies to counter the open support from Stalin that his opponent had. Franco shifted all his different splinter groups into one fascist organization; resulting in support from Italy and Germany to provide counter force to foreign support of his opposing side.
He successfully united most of his factions under one new direction, something those opposed to him failed to do. His goal seems to me to be a preservation of a Spanish State. The opposing side offered either a satellite state to Stalin/Russia, or an anarchist state. The latter of those two were attacked and subdued by the Stalinist in the May days of 1937.
I have a question about Italy, was there a foreign entity attempting takeover/subversion of the country?
In the case of both Germany and Spain this appears to me at present to be the case. Because of this, in both of these countries, fascism seems to have a part of it being a strong patriotic and nationalist foundation. These two things can exist independent of fascism, yet they seem to be an important foundation.