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You are in error. Fascism at its heart is an economic system. The State lets you own private property; it just tells you what you can do with it.

There is nothing inherent about fascism that "fetishizes" the past.

Fascism is first and foremost and *ideology*. The term comes from the Roman fasces, an axe surrounded by a bundle of sticks, meant to suggest unity and an attempt to reestablish an imperial past. German fascism is very similar, the Nazi's goal was to reestablish the "pure" land inhabited by the German "volk".

The essence of fascism is *reaction*(i.e. it's a reactionary ideology). Fascism is an attempt to recreate or reestablish the glory days of an ethnic group. It tends to be totalitarian, which is where are this piffle equating it with socialism and modern "liberals". It's not.

Liberalism and Fascism are all *totalitarian* ideologies. They advocate the complete control over the individual by the state. It's a "kind of" relationship(i.e. lemons and apples are "kinds of" fruit, although a lemon is not an apple).

The essence of fascism is not totalitarianism, it's a longing for an imagined "better" or "purer" past.

Fascism is an attempt to recreate or reestablish the glory days of an ethnic group. It tends to be totalitarian, which is where are this piffle equating it with socialism and modern "liberals".

As far as German Fascism is concerned, you are correct wrt exaltation of one race or ethnic group over all others.

I have found reading Peikoff's book "The Ominous Parallels" quite instructive. Well worth the read.

Liberalism is also concerned with race and ethnicity. It is all about exaltation of all other races and genders over one(white males).

I view them as very similar in tactics and ideology. BTW, I've read Mussolini's famous paper on fascism. I am familiar w/ the definition you reference.

I would agree with others that the economic system put in place by the fascists is the essential part of fascism.

I also agree that nationalism was an ingredient of fascism.

The essence of fascism is not totalitarianism, it’s a longing for an imagined “better” or “purer” past.

I dont see it.