I like this, thank you, as it shows how there was no consistent definition of the term even when there were active proponents making the news. When I say the Fascists were the good guys in WW2, I'm not referring to the politico-economics that the Axis Powers employed and advocated (technically only Italy was fascist), but simply their nationalistic authoritarian style v the Allies as liberal democracies and the USSR as a revolutionary totalitarian regime.
I like this, thank you, as it shows how there was no consistent definition of the term even when there were active proponents making the news. When I say the Fascists were the good guys in WW2, I'm not referring to the politico-economics that the Axis Powers employed and advocated (technically only Italy was fascist), but simply their nationalistic authoritarian style v the Allies as liberal democracies and the USSR as a revolutionary totalitarian regime.