By: Akshay, Prabhjot, Arth and Jatin

 Italian dictator Benito Mussolini coined the

term in 1919, referring to the Roman symbol for
power through unity – a bundle of reeds called
fasces, individually weak but
collectively strong.
 Roots of fascism are unity and power.
 Applies to many different social and
political viewpoints Mussolini's brand of
Fascism to Nazism to Francisco Franco's
Fascism
 Far Right on Political Spectrum
 Absolute power of the State: The state is more
important than any individual. All individuals must
set aside their own needs and work for the needs of
the State. There is no law or other power that can
limit the authority of the State.
 Survival of the fittest: A Fascist state usually has a

policy of militarism. Peace is often viewed as

weakness, and aggression as strength.
 Strict social order: Social classes are strictly
maintained.
 Authoritarian leadership: To maintain the power
State requires a leader with absolute authority. This
dictator is often viewed as a symbol of the State.
 typically promotes a private economy that submits to
government regulation
 immediate (and often violent) submission of any
opposing views
 the ethnic dominance of its own people and the lower
status of outsiders
 Benito Mussolini is credited for bringing about the
First Fascist government
 The March to Rome established Fascism in Italy
 On October 30, 1922, Mussolini was sworn in as the

Prime Minister of Italy

 Italy turned to fascism due to economic instability

and social issues

 Adolf Hitler was a major theorist and founder of
Nazism, an extreme form of fascism
 Hitler rose to power as Germany was facing turbulent

times
 The state is a whole into which individuals must be
absorbed for their own and the states benefit
 There is only one leader who runs the whole state in a

fascist government
 A fascist government usually has one class of citizens

superior to another
 It is possible to be both a republic and a fascist state.

The preferred class lives in a republic while the

oppressed class lives in a fascist state
 Easier to appoint a leader (few candidates)
 It takes less time for a state to complete duties and

tasks
 There is a sense of nationalism present in the state.

This is because, the society works together as a team

to complete their duties
 Control is centralized around one person
 The society loses some of its rights
 There will be no more social organizations
 Freedom of choice would be taken away
 No voting/elections
 Inequality between men and women

- Participate in “feminine” sports

- Child bearers/ “stay-at-home-mom”
- Employment under-looked
 Opposed homosexuality, considered degenerate and

perverted
 Racist society, promotes only certain people/cultures
 Based on private property and private initiative
 Dirigisme – Government exerts strong directive
influence over the economy
 Promote corporations while attacking unions
 Adopted whatever economic program that was
politically valuable to them
 Claimed to be a realistic economic alternative
(neither laissez-fair nor communist)
 Discourage/banned foreign trade