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[[File:Hitler and Mussolini.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Benito Mussolini]] on October 25, 1936.]]

[[File:Hitler and Mussolini.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Benito Mussolini]] on October 25, 1936.]]

'''Fascism''' is a [[big government]], [[totalitarian]], economic, and political [[ideology]] that arose in early twentieth century [[Europe]] and came to dominate the social and political systems of [[Italy]] under [[Benito Mussolini]] and [[Germany]] under [[Adolf Hitler]]. It was a system created by leftist revolutionaries.<ref>[Stanley G. Payne, A History of Fascism, 1914-1945 '' (University of Wisconsin Press, 1996) ISBN 0299148742 , p. 66]</ref> Fascism is [[statist]] in nature, relying on big [[government]] solutions and "[[crony capitalism]]" while being openly hostile towards conventional [[religion]].

'''Fascism''' is a [[big government]], [[totalitarian]], economic, and political [[ideology]] that arose in early twentieth century [[Europe]] and came to dominate the social and political systems of [[Italy]] under [[Benito Mussolini]] and [[Germany]] under [[Adolf Hitler]]. It was a system created by leftist revolutionaries.<ref>Stanley G. Payne, A History of Fascism, 1914-1945 '' (University of Wisconsin Press, 1996) ISBN 0299148742 , p. 66.</ref> Fascism is [[statist]] in nature, relying on big [[government]] solutions and "[[crony capitalism]]" while being openly hostile towards conventional [[religion]].

Conservatives are opposed to Fascism, favoring the individual over the state.  Mussolini described Fascism this way:

Conservatives are opposed to Fascism, favoring the individual over the state.  Mussolini described Fascism this way: