re: #172 dog philosopher

plenty of right wing fascists, e.g. pinochet

to my mind fascism, as the term is used today, describes any form of government where citizens have no civil rights to speak of. i agree it can be applied regardless of economic organization

this is different from mussolini’s fascism, a corporation friendly, nationalist, pro-war regime that came to power by beating up socialist officeholders and taking over towns that they had won elections in

It may be helpful to refer to government where citizens have no rights to speak of as totalitarian. This separates the level of government coercion from the ideology.