Vrenn
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Well, yes. They are the same social ideology, control by a central power. They are opposites in economic ideology, one thinking that the economy should be communal and the other that it should be individual.
The difference is, the Fascist believes that the control and wealth needs to be with the Corporations and smaller Government comes from ceasing control of the Legislation (at least 60%) and either seizing control of the Supreme Court or by legislatively disbanding them. In the end, the Government will control everything by permission from the Corporations. If the Corporations won't cooperate, the Dictator threatens them with the Military. Italy's Mussolini is famous for that. Italy didn't have a whole lot to stop the Seizure of the Country back then. The US was quickly headed that way until 2020 but we have two things in place that prevent this from happening; Constitution of the United States and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. While I dislike Rump, I don't wish to see him stripped, hanging upside down in the town square or poisoning himself in an underground bunker.
Communists believe that it's for the best of the country for the Government to have the major control. They will end up using the Military to put down the public. So the end results are exactly the same. Play ball or you get arrested or worse.
Now, take both Fascism and Communism one for step, one to the right and one to the left, you end up with one man ruling by force using the Military to back him up. Welcome to the linking of the circle; Dictatorship.