What is Fascism?
Fascism is an authoritarian nationalist ideology that puts the state, the leader, and a myth of national rebirth above individual rights, class politics, and free elections. Markets may remain private, but they are subordinated to the regime.
Core principles
- Ultranationalism
- Leader principle
- Anti-liberal order
On the PoliMap chart this cell runs from 2 to 6 on the economic axis and 6 to 10 on the social axis. Negative economic scores are left; positive social scores are authoritarian.
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