>>937928611Fascism has socialist roots. Mussolini was heavily involved in the socialist movement for many many years, before he came up with Fascism, as an "improved" form of socialism. Certainly what socialism and fascism have in common, is that both have a low view of the individual, freedom, and rights, and put in the highest place the group/state. Certainly fascism is "socialist" in the sense that it is certainly not "individualist". Mussolini defined fascism as everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing above the state, and the philosopher that co-wrote The Doctrine of Fascism said fascism was a form of socialism, in its most viable form. Even Adolph chose to make the nazi flag red because of the red banner of socialism and reflect the socialistic aspects of the movement, as well as to match the red/black/white colors of the old German Empire flag.