Question

Write short note on:

Fascism

Answer 1

1. It is a political ideology, which does not believe in democracy, liberalism, individual freedom, and equality.
2. Fascism derives from the Latin word ‘Fasces’.
3. After the First World War was over, Benito Mussolini, an Italian leader and later the Prime Minister of Italy, built a movement, which he named ‘Fascism’.
4. Opposition to democratic institutions, a greater focus on action, absolute political authority, centralization of political power, aggressive nationalism, and justification of war and violence are the major characteristics of fascism.