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I always thought it was a portmanteau of "failed" and "socialism."

• pmiller2 6y ago
  Fascism is in no way related to socialism. They are about as opposite on the political scale as you can get.
  • trident5000 6y ago
    Debatable. Socialism is depriving people of the right to own private property and instead having a central authoritative figure decide who gets what. That sounds like fascism to me. And no public services is not socialism. The fire department is a public service funded by the capital markets. People like to confuse this.
    • pmiller2 6y ago
      Except that none of that is true. People still have personal property under socialism. Means of production are what's referred to as private property, and those are owned by the workers.
  • rriepe 6y ago
    Fascists are just the socialists who want to keep going after socialism doesn't work. They like the "We're in power" part and don't mind the poverty/disease/war it always brings.
    • pmiller2 6y ago
      Citation needed.