"In 'Fascism: A Very Short Introduction' Kevin Passmore describes how the Italian Fascists initially won the 'support of many conservative small peasants and landless labourers, who agreed that the authorities were not protecting them from the left. Fascist squads (squadristi) began a violent campaign of intimidation against Catholics and especially Socialists, in which many hundreds were killed.' "

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"In 'Fascism: A Very Short Introduction' Kevin Passmore describes how the Italian Fascists initially won the 'support of many conservative small peasants and landless labourers, who agreed that the authorities were not protecting them from the left. Fascist squads (squadristi) began a violent campaign of intimidation against Catholics and especially Socialists, in which many hundreds were killed.' "

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"But right-wing doctrines are not defined purely by reactionary instincts. They are defined by definite assertions and beliefs of their own—most importantly, the conviction that people (and peoples) are fundamentally unequal, and the best society is one that reflects natural or ordained inequalities. To obey a real superior is a great social virtue, to paraphrase the conservative James Fitzjames Stephen."

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"But right-wing doctrines are not defined purely by reactionary instincts. They are defined by definite assertions and beliefs of their own—most importantly, the conviction that people (and peoples) are fundamentally unequal, and the best society is one that reflects natural or ordained inequalities. To obey a real superior is a great social virtue, to paraphrase the conservative James Fitzjames Stephen."

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"... vision of the future, everyone was to know their place, and the working classes especially were to be kept where they belonged, out of the political-decision making process altogether.

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This went so far that the more generically conservative party, the German National People’s party, formed a coalition with the NSDAP and supported their dictatorial ambitions."

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"... vision of the future, everyone was to know their place, and the working classes especially were to be kept where they belonged, out of the political-decision making process altogether.

[...]

This went so far that the more generically conservative party, the German National People’s party, formed a coalition with the NSDAP and supported their dictatorial ambitions."

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fascists-always-come-for-the-socialists-first

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"Why Fascists Always Come for the Socialists First

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[The] conservatives who levered Hitler into power shared a good deal of [his] vision. They really did look back with nostalgia to the past, and yearn for the restoration of the Hohenzolleren monarchy and the Bismarkian Reich. But these were to be restored in a form purged of what they saw as unwise concessions that had been made to democracy. In their ..."

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"Why Fascists Always Come for the Socialists First

[...]

[The] conservatives who levered Hitler into power shared a good deal of [his] vision. They really did look back with nostalgia to the past, and yearn for the restoration of the Hohenzolleren monarchy and the Bismarkian Reich. But these were to be restored in a form purged of what they saw as unwise concessions that had been made to democracy. In their ..."

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fascists-always-come-for-the-socialists-first

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