Fascism Definition, Characteristics & Examples

History shows that fascism has emerged where mass loss of agency combined with anger and a sense of humiliation. Today, we are not living under classical totalitarianism, but under conditions increasingly described as neoliberal fascism. Its foundation lies in economic violence and the transfer of real power from democratic politics to financial markets—a process initiated in the 1980s by the policies of Margaret Thatcher. Power has been equated with purchasing capacity, and individual worth wit