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Economic: Laissez-faire
Governance: Totalitarian
Coords: X+3 · Y+4
Economic: Laissez-faire
Governance: Totalitarian
Coords: X+3 · Y+4
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Fascist
“Palingenetic ultranationalism.”
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§ 01
The Idea
What Fascist actually means.
Fascism, particularly as pioneered by Benito Mussolini in Italy (1922–1943), is an extremely authoritarian system with strong nationalist and militaristic tendencies, relying on state-directed corporatism.
After Mussolini's March on Rome (1922), he dismantled parliamentary democracy, outlawed opposition parties, and established a one-party state ruled by the Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF). Mussolini styled himself as Il Duce ('The Leader'), exercising total control over legislation, the judiciary, and governance.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
Mythic national rebirth through struggle.
02
Total state — nothing outside it, against it, beyond it.
03
Corporatist class collaboration replaces conflict.
04
Cult of action, youth, and the leader.
05
Opposed to both liberalism and socialism.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X+3
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y+4
TOTALITARIAN
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- The Doctrine of FascismBenito Mussolini & Giovanni Gentile1932 · Essay
§ Critics
- The Anatomy of FascismRobert Paxton2004 · ~340 pp
- Ur-FascismUmberto Eco1995 · Essay
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