Where are fascists in terms a 'left wing - right wing' economic scale?
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They're right-wing on just about everything.
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They're to the right of right wing.
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Fascists are generally extreme right-wingers in everything, but I suppose it depends on the individual fascists as to what economic policy they prefer.
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Fascism is corporate-run or influenced government...right wing neo-republicans typically provide tax shelters to big business...but many corporations support both political parties with donations
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Fascism is "an authoritarian political ideology" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism. I'm not sure this translates across the board into economics. It seems that in fascist countries, the common people do all the work and the "state" (usually meaning one person or family) ands up with most of the profits.
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The confusion is because the political spectrum is NOT a one-fdimensional number line. It is more like a 2-dimensional chart. The X-coordinate is your belief in economic liberty (low taxes, few regulations on business, etc.), and the Y-coordinate is your belief in social liberty (free speech, sexual freedom, etc.). Those who are high on the X scale and low on the Y scale are generally considered to be conservative, while those high on the Y scale and low on the X scale are generally considered to be liberal. Facists and communists are generally low on both scales. Those who are high on both scales are Libertarians and the like.
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facism is far far far left, past socialism and communism
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As far right wing as you can get, but you need to think of the scale as being a circle, once you get thta far right wing you're bumping into the people who are far left wing
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I read somewhere that it is a mixture of the two, I would say more left wing as it has to do with bigger government and is more authoritarian. Fascism is truly and evil form of government. You basically give up all rights and you are at the mercy of the government in facism, not a good position to be in.
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Fascists are extreme right wingers while communists are extreme left wingers.
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Fascism is an authoritarian system that mixes capitalism and socialism. The State uses private corporations to further its ends which are often militaristic. It allows individuals to own private property and have certain liberties, but it does not does allow representative government. Under fascism, society is stratified, with a corrupt power elite that profits from the government's corporate policies. Fascism was practiced in Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany, and is usually classified as extreme right-wing.
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Left wing like Stalin, Hitler & Musselini in italy likely mis-spelled.
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In our time, the fascists would be considered right wing. They rose to power in depression Europe as the "antidote" to the Communists who are left wing.
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Facism is a right wing ideology. It's opposite is Communism. Then, you have the National Socialist Party, which may have "Socialist" in it's name, but is actually Facist. Much like the "People's Democratic Republic of Korea", nothing deomcratic about it becuase it's actually Communist.
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Closer to the right. It's a mixture of extreme nationalism and state-corporate collusion. +5
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