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Mussolini insisted that Fascism was the only form of ‘socialism’ appropriate to the ‘proletarian nations’ of the twentieth century.
The Phoenix: Fascism in Our Time (1999)
It can be said, in a qualified sense, that Gentile entertained considerable sympathy for the neo-Hegelian Marxist intellectual tradition.
The Phoenix: Fascism in Our Time (1999)
The fact is that Soviet Leninism, through a process of gradual involution, has taken on more and more of the attributes of paradigmatic Fascism.
The Ideology of Fascism: The Rationale of Totalitarianism (1969)
Every element of Fascist doctrine can be traced to the belief system of revolutionary national syndicalism as that syndicalism emerged from the First World War.
Italian Fascism and Developmental Dictatorship (1979)
Neither Stalinism nor Fascist totalitarianism would have been possible without the transmogrified Marxism, that infilled both.
Marxism, Fascism & Totalitarianism: Chapters in the Intellectual History of Radicalism (2008)
The intellectuals of Mussolini’s Fascism provided the most consistent, coherent, and relevant doctrinal rationale for the reactive nationalist and developmental revolutions of our time.
The Phoenix: Fascism in Our Time (1999)
Mussolini’s Fascism was a relatively benign form of reactive nationalism—in terms of the regime’s treatment of its domestic population.
The Phoenix: Fascism in Our Time (1999)
Fascist social welfare legislation compared favorably with the more advanced European nations and in some respect was more progressive.
Italian Fascism and Developmental Dictatorship (1979)
Fascism's most direct ideological inspiration came from the collateral influence of Italy's most radical 'subversives' — the Marxists of revolutionary syndicalism.
By 1938, Mussolini could confidently assert that ‘in the face of the total collapse of the system [bequeathed] by Lenin, Stalin has covertly transformed himself into a Fascist.’
The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics (1974)
Fascism never served the interests of Italian business . . . there is no credible evidence that Fascism controlled the nation's economy for the benefit of the 'possessing classes.
The Search for Neofascism: The Use and Abuse of Social Science (2006)
Fascism itself was a variant of Sorelian syndicalism which advertized itself as voluntaristic, neo-idealist and elitist socialism.
The Ideology of Fascism: The Rationale of Totalitarianism (1969)
Where mass-mobilizing ‘revolutionary Marxists’ have come to power, and remained in power sufficiently long to create a viable political system, what they have generally succeeded in creating is a reasonable analogue of the Fascist state.
The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics (1974)
In 1934, Mussolini reiterated that capitalism, as an economic system, was no longer viable. Fascist economy was to be based not on individual profit but on collective interest.
The Ideology of Fascism: The Rationale of Totalitarianism (1969)
The first Fascists were almost all Marxists—serious theorists who had long been identified with Italy’s intelligentsia of the Left.
All totalitarianism of the twentieth century were predicated on a systematic, anti-individualistic collectivism. In the case of Marxist-Leninism, the source was classical Marxism.
Giovanni Gentile: Philosopher of Fascism (2001)
Mussolini was a well-informed and convinced Marxist. His ultimate political convictions represent a reform of classical Marxism in the direction of a restoration of its Hegelian elements.
The Ideology of Fascism: The Rationale of Totalitarianism (1969)
Fascism . . . was the socialism of ‘proletarian nations.’
That Mussolini chose Gentile to author the philosophical portion of Fascism’s official doctrine provides evidence of the confidence Fascists entertained with respect to Gentile’s thought.
The Phoenix: Fascism in Our Time (1999)
The fact remains that if ‘right-wing extremism’ telescopes into ‘fascism,’ then it appears the Josef Stalin’s Soviet Union was not only fascist, it was an instantial case of right-wing extremism.