Fascism is the "top-down regulatory" methodology towards total control of the economy...

"It is true that the welfare-statists are not socialists, that they never advocated or intended the socialization of private property, that they want to 'preserve' private property-with government control of its use and disposal. But that is the fundamental characteristic of fascism."

Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

That is to reiterate simply, Fascism is the "top-down regulatory" methodology towards total control of the economy. Communism, by comparison, is the "bottom-up confiscatory" methodology towards total control of the economy. Both isms barter per the necessary power-exchange, promising variations of Socialistic programs liken bread tossed to the Roman colosseum crowd.

All other associations are not definitions, rather mere symptoms of such isms over time upon escalation; restricted speech, controlled news agencies, promulgated blame or threat by racial, social and/or political distinctions, endless fearmongering of conjured enemies, domestic surveillance, arrests and detainments without charge, evidence nor due process, as well establishing reeducation, labor and death camps.

Regardless the group empowered, there arises in parallel a political, ideological Aryanism, hence the necessitated purging or silencing of any opposition as demonstrated presently.

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