Mussolini wrote, "Outside the State there can be neither individuals nor groups (political parties, associations, syndicates, classes). Therefore Fascism is opposed to Socialism, which confines the movement of history within the [[class struggle]] and ignores the unity of classes established in one economic and moral reality in the State; and analogously it is opposed to class syndicalism. . ."<ref>"Mussolini, Doctrine of Fascism (1932)"</ref>
Like all socialist ideologies, fascism pushes its agendas by concentrating on a "scapegoat"—typically a group such as "the rich," "bourgeois," "white privileged," "international bankers," "multinational corporations" or deemed to foreign in origin or beliefs. Examples include the vehement Nazi attack on the [[Jewish|Jews]] and [[Gypsies]] and the campaigns waged by several fascist regimes against [[Freemasonry]]. The characteristics of fascism also include rampant [[cronyism]] and [[corruption]], as well as rigged elections and a general disdain for human rights.<ref>Dr. Lawrence Britt "Fascism Anyone?," Free Inquiry, Spring 2003, page 20</ref>
The fascists share with the communists a hatred of democracy and a belief in a one party, totalitarian state. Fascism seems not to flourish in countries with an Anglo-centric heritage.