In this essay I will discuss whether or not Marxism and Fascism are still relevant to today's political life. Marxism is, (according to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English language) the political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels which believes that the idea of class struggle plays an essential role in understanding the (supposedly) inevitable development of society from bourgeois oppression under capitalism to a socialist and completely classless society. Fascism according to the Oxford dictionary is an authoritarian and nationalist right-wing system of government and social organization. Marxism is a form of socialism along with communism and neo-Marxism. Socialism is an economic model, often linked to collectivization. He supports a one-party totalitarian state. Unlike Marxism, fascism does not believe that class conflict can lead to change, but instead believes that class conflict can damage the integrity of a country. Fascism emerged in Italy in the 20th century to stop the rapidly growing labor movement that was driving up wages and threatening revolution. Led by Mussolini they were financed by various large and wealthy businesses (the rich minority) in order to break through the pickets and attack the left. Some, like Norway, Denmark, Belgium, and France, had large fascist movements. Others, such as Spain, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Finland, obtained essentially fascist governments. Fascism had the greatest effect on Italy and Germany. The death toll from fascism in Germany was the highest, mainly due to the Holocaust. Fascism tended to use racism to further its goals, such as the Nazis who attempted to direct public anger over the problems caused by capitalism (unemployment, mass poverty, etc.) onto a racial group, in this case the Jews, portraying them as money grabbers. capitalists in order to undermine widespread support for communists, socialists and anarchists. As many fascist groups today, such as the National Socialist movement, claimed to initiate a left-wing economic program with good welfare and high wages, although the Nazi leadership had no intention of putting this propaganda into
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