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The first fascist party arose in Italy, not Germany, as a reaction to the violence and destabilization caused by communist revolutionaries after WWI. The term fascist is derived from the Latin word "fascita." The fascita was a sort of ceremonial club, sometimes fitted with a axe head, carried by the bodyguards of high ranking officials in ancient Rome. It consisted of a bundle of sticks lashed together to form a handle. It was chosen as the symbol of Mussolini's fascists beacuse it represented strength in unity, the bundle being stronger than the individual sticks that it was made of.
I seem to recall that Hillary's slogan in the last campaign was "Stronger Together." Hmmm.
Italy had Fascists, Germany had Socialists.
Fascists have a Dictator who tells businesses what needs to be produced and how much. You are then free to purchase from among the things the Dictator decides you can choose from.
Socialists nationalize some businesses and otherwise control the remaining businesses. Socialists use your taxes to then purchase what they determine you need and then give it to you (unless it runs out)
The left is full of authoritative controllers who know more about what you need than you do. Strange that those systems always fail and lead to massive die offs from starvation or war.