I know they’re very similar and the terms are often interchangeable. But I honestly cannot find a reliable definition no matter how hard I try. People always say National Socialism is just a more “extreme” form of Fascism. That doesn’t sound correct to me.
The closest answer I can come to is that the Italians and Spanish had less of a jew problem than the Germans did. They had a communist problem, from what I can tell. Communist basically equals jew, but I’m not sure if they made that connection. Therefore, because of the infiltration of non-German peoples and the subversion they brought, the Germans had a stricter view on race and blood and soil, at least to my knowledge.
I’m also not sure if they differed economically and how much they may have differed.
Again, I see people on here and other places using both terms interchangeably, even when talking about them in a positive light, and I never bothered to do the research. If you could enlighten me and push me in the right direction (books, articles, etc.), that would be very much appreciated.
They’re diametric opposites. They’re practically as different as national socialism and communism.
>“The Fascist conception of the state is all-embracing. **Outside of it, no human or spiritual values can exist**, much less have any real worth. Thus understood, fascism is totalitarian, and the fascist state–a synthesis and a unit of all values–interprets, develops and potentiates the whole life of a people. **It is not the nation that generates the state**, rather it is the state which creates the nation, conferring volition and therefore real life on a people. In the fascist conception, the state is an absolute before which individuals and groups are relative.” **~ Benito Mussolini**, *The Doctrine of Fascism*
>**“The state is only a means to an end.** Its end and its purpose are to preserve and **promote a community of human beings who are physically as well as spiritually kindred.** States which do not serve this purpose have no justification for their existence. They are monstrosities.” **~ Adolf Hitler**, *Mein Kampf*; 1925