Fascism.
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Revolutionary France would be considered Fascist. The futurist manifesto of 1909 is considered fascist, so Mussolini did not invent it. One of the defining behaviours of fascist states has been to strongly control and regiment the economy and corporations, there is no alliance. If anything, corporations currently lead the government.
Fascism was invented by Mussolini (and Gentile). This post oversimplifies what fascism is.
Fascism is socialism with a national identity. Marx said the working man has no country. Mussolini disagreed (wanting to have a standing military to protect Italy's culture and religion from being assimilated into a global state like Marx called for), other than that fascism and socialism are practically identical. Mussolini was even a member of the communist party.
Well, if you're talking about just the word, fascism, that's still off the mark about Mussolini. But in terms of Conservative ultra nationalism and the style of governance that went with it, it had been around long before Mussolini or Gentile. There were communist and socialist parties in Italy early in Mussolini career and he was a socialist. He was even high in their ranks but got booted out. He didn't leave, they ejected him from the party because of his beliefs. Like the Nazis, Mussolini often co-opted socialist ideas to appeal to the masses, but what he was offering was populism. He was not at all egalitarian, he was just a wolf in sheep's clothing. Socialism and fascism did have ideas in common but they are very different, idealogically. Neither have proven to be great for a country. What really seems to work is the Nordic model of having free market capitalism but with a strong welfare state safety net. Although the nordic countries don't do this via 'socialism' as such, it can only happen due to wealth redistribution, a very socialist idea.
I am very well aware that Mussolini got booted out of the communist party. But the reason why he was booted out was because he wanted Italy to join the war. Again, Mussolini wanted Italy to fight for its sovereignty, which Marx did not believe in. Mussolini said as he was removed from the party: "I am a socialist and I will always be a socialist". Fascism is basically patriotic socialism.
Mussolini was not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination. Being an ultra nationalist does not make one automatically far right. Once you centrally plan an economy, nationalize industries and create a totalitarian government, you are not far right. I don't understand why people claim that the Nazis and fascists "used" socialist ideas to appeal to the masses... They didn't just claim to be socialist for political reasons... They were socialist. No, Mussolini was not an egalitarian but then again no socialist is.
The Nordic model only works because they outsource their defense costs to us so they can drop all their extra money on crappy free healthcare. That and the overall population of Nordic countries tends to be less than say California (just one U.S. state). Try to apply that system to a large country and it collapses. If America was to quit covering practically all costs of NATO, the welfare programs would disappear after the countries gradually start getting into wars with each other, something that has been happening in Europe for centuries until America and the USSR showed up post WW2 and told everybody to play nice.
The lame brain leftist governments in Scandinavia are hardly an ideal model of government and any claims that they represent real socialism are typical Marxist lies since real socialist governments have never succeeded. Wealth redistribution has no place in a capitalist economy and really only serves to make people dependent on the state. This is intended as an easy way for socialism to creep back into west. Remember the leftists/cabal play the long game. There is a reason the Nordic countries are importing tons of immigrants.
Mussolini was not a part of the communist party, he was part of the socialist party. By 1919, he was saying socialism was dead and people only believed in it to hold a grudge. But then, like I say, he was an opportunist and let's face it, not to be trusted. The Nazis, the falanges, the Italian fascists, the didn't nationalise industry, the were capitalist, on the face of it. They just ended up screwing industry over and taking everything they had to feed the party and individual ambition. Mussolini was Conservative, as far as he voters were concerned. He sided with the catholic Church to implement strictly Conservative education and family policies (because he wanted to build an army and he needed a brainwashed youth and increased birthrate) and Conservative working rights and trade union policies to maintain hierarchical systems so people would fight in his dream war.
Of the 5 nordic nations, only 2 are part of NATO, so that is incorrect. As a percentage defending America costs NATO more than they contribute, so America being part of NATO represents a net loss for the alliance. NATO also oversees certain regards of Arms trade, from which America is the only beneficiary. Its not perfect, but it is a good deal for America, overall.