Characteristics of Fascism.

· It concentrated all the springs of the State in a supreme leader, who demanded absolute obedience from his subordinates.

·         It rejected the democratic system by proclaiming the official party as the only one authorized to act legally in political life and occupy the positions of the State.

·         It persecuted and repressed the opponents, who had to go into exile to avoid being imprisoned or assassinated.

·         It promoted expansionist policies, which promoted the conquest of neighboring territories in search of a vital space that would ensure the provision of raw materials necessary for economic development.

·         It was based on an ideology that exalted the corporatist idea over that of individual or class interests. It promoted racist ideals that promoted discrimination and persecution of groups that threatened the idea of a united nation.

·         It manipulated the media to obtain popular support and create an ideology that would keep the people united around certain objectives, such as recovering territories lost in the past, stopping the expansion of communism, or expanding the national territory.

· It controlled education to exalt the ideas of homeland, nation and fascist ideology.