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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
For the record, from an international affairs perspective,
(On the Left) Marxism -> Liberalism -> Moderate <- Realism <- Fascism (On the Right)
Fascism and Marxism are on opposite ends of the political spectrum. It stands to reason, however, that Marxism is solidly on the left (as is the US Democratic Party), and Fascism is solidly on the right. This is why:
According to The Globalization of World Politics, 2nd ed.,
Hitler's NAZI party did not practice the truest form of fascism - Mussolini did, at least ten years before Hitler's rise to power.
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Your general point may be true when people are really paying attention to economic systems, but when you see lists like this:
http://www.bushwatch.com/fascism.htm, you can see how the little that has to do with how the term is being thrown around.