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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (17934)	5/2/2000 10:02:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Charles, fascism always meant a great deal more than that government controlled industry. First, it meant the theory that the individual owed primary allegiance to the nation, and that the nation required a strong leader to rise above party politics and harmonize the interests of the various classes (hence, the image of the fasces, which, bound together, are strong). Additionally, it meant that nations thrived or decayed through competition with other nations, cultural and military. Finally, it meant a rejection of egalitarianism as a goal, hence its disassociation from socialism and labelling as "right wing", although Mussolini came out of the socialist milieu, became a chauvinist, added a dash of vulgar Nietzcheanism, and came up with fascism as a supposed "third way". Also, the government control of industry was not minute, nor did it involve nationalization. Mainly, it involved cartelization and other forms of coordination under government auspices........