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“The word 'Fascism' has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable’," wrote George Orwell in the wake of World War II. He asked, “Since you don't know what Fascism is, how can you struggle against Fascism?”<ref>George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," in Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus, Eds., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=zaxG_3ivhVAC The Collected Essays, Journalism, & Letters, George Orwell, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose, 1945-1950]'' (David R. Godine, 2000) ISBN 1567921361, pp. 132, 139</ref> Almost a decade earlier, he had written prophetically that "Socialism, in the form in which it is now presented, appeals chiefly to unsatisfactory or even inhuman types," including, among others, "the astute young social-literary climbers who are Communists now, as they will be Fascists five years hence, because it is all the go."<ref>George Orwell, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=E-ZpkC4RNfIC The Road to Wigan Pier]'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1958) ISBN 0156767503, p. 182</ref>

“The word 'Fascism' has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable’," wrote George Orwell in the wake of World War II. He asked, “Since you don't know what Fascism is, how can you struggle against Fascism?”<ref>George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," in Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus, Eds., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=zaxG_3ivhVAC The Collected Essays, Journalism, & Letters, George Orwell, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose, 1945-1950]'' (David R. Godine, 2000) ISBN 1567921361, pp. 132, 139</ref> Almost a decade earlier, he had written prophetically that "Socialism, in the form in which it is now presented, appeals chiefly to unsatisfactory or even inhuman types," including, among others, "the astute young social-literary climbers who are Communists now, as they will be Fascists five years hence, because it is all the go."<ref>George Orwell, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=E-ZpkC4RNfIC The Road to Wigan Pier]'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1958) ISBN 0156767503, p. 182</ref>

Corporativist ideas had been popular with British socialists and Fabians, as well as American progressives such as Herbert Croly, Edward Bellamy and Colonel House since the late 19th century.

Corporativist ideas had been popular with British socialists and Fabians, as well as American progressives such as Herbert Croly, Edward Bellamy and Colonel House, since the late 19th century.

Mussolini was a Marxist who took over the Italian Socialist Party at the Congress of Reggio Emilia in 1912, expelling his opponents and espousing doctrinaire Marxism, prompting Lenin to write, “the party of the Italian socialist proletariat has taken the right path.”<ref>V.I. Lenin, "[http://www.marx.org/archive/lenin/works/1912/jul/15b.htm The Italian Socialist Congress]," ''Pravda'', No. 66 (July 15, 1912), reprinted in ''V.I. Lenin Collected Works'', Volume 18 (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1975), pp. 170-172</ref>

Mussolini was a Marxist who took over the Italian Socialist Party at the Congress of Reggio Emilia in 1912, expelling his opponents and espousing doctrinaire Marxism, prompting Lenin to write, “the party of the Italian socialist proletariat has taken the right path.”<ref>V.I. Lenin, "[http://www.marx.org/archive/lenin/works/1912/jul/15b.htm The Italian Socialist Congress]," ''Pravda'', No. 66 (July 15, 1912), reprinted in ''V.I. Lenin Collected Works'', Volume 18 (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1975), pp. 170-172</ref>