Yet - it is all too often portrayed as being of the right. To a limited extent that is true, nonetheless - part of the capitalist right - it certainly isn't!
For example, extreme tories are seldom anywhere near to being fascist and are never 'just a step away from being BNP' whose members tend to be taken largely from Labour voters.
Control freaks of any hue lurch mightily towards the fascist direction. Consider how naturally, the term 'health fascism' has entered the language to describe a certain type of overweening authoritarianism.
Fascism is actually extreme centralism with 'anti-many things' added. It favours a 'a beyond criticism', nationalist leadership which is authoritarian by nature.Fascists tend to dislike a good 90% of things despised by the left. But do be careful - leftists will liberally and fancifully hurl the insult 'fascist' at anybody who dares to disagree with them.
The relatively new term 'liberal fascism' is well named as the authoritarian liberal left try to force and mould people into their ways of thinking via persecution and anti-democratic measures.
Please note: FASCISTS ALWAYS KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU!
A dreadful, imperialistic philosophy - nearly as bad as socialism/marxism.
