Quote: (01-10-2017 04:27 AM)stugatz Wrote:
Franco wasn't really a fascist, although he allied with them. He stayed neutral after the Spanish Civil War drew to a close.
He wasn't much of an expansionist (as far as I know, he didn't do much on that other than make sure his territory in Morocco stayed right where it was), and his main power came from the military and the clergy - and as we all know, Hitler butted heads constantly with both of those.
(I actually know the least about Mussolini, who is the only pure "fascist" here - apparently, some historians claim that Hitler's movement was its own thing and not really fascism per se. Should read up on Mussolini, though - some cousins of my grandmother actually had to live under him.)
Expansionism is not the defining factor of fascism.
Mussolini was a socialist who was kicked out of the party when he supported Italian involvement in WW1, because it was a betrayal of international socialist cause. Lenin lamented his departure.
After that he came up with socialism that took into account needs of a particular nation. A national socialism. Which was admittedly different from what Hitler later did.
I am afraid that women appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters all the same. They love being dominated.
--Oscar Wilde