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Fascism, as I understand it, is a system of government
marked by centralization of authority under a dictator,
stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the
opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a
policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. and  A
political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such
a system of government.

By this definition, or provide another if you like, how and
why  is Italy a Fascists state? If that's your opinion? 

I don't have a preference for a particular term, fascism,
authoritarian regime (btw, the historical  differences and
the terminology that may be used to define those 
differences when applied to  Franco and Mussolini are  huge
and significant, there is a historical contradiction
(fascism itself) in your blurring of the terminology that 
simply doesn't square with the  historical facts and so, I
ask only that you define the term fascism or authoritative
regime and tell me, where is it alive in Italy? 

KXX4493553 at aol.com wrote:
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> In einer eMail vom 23.07.01 20:07:12 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt
> lycidas2 at earthlink.net:
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> >  But where does Fascism come into this?
> >  It's alive where? Not in the Italian government, right?
> >  Where?
> If you prefer "authoritarian regime" instead of "fascism", take it.
> It's the difference between Mussolini and Franco.
> And Berlusconi? Where does all his money come from? From selling vacuum
> cleaners?
> 
> Kurt-Werner Pörtner
>