Compare And Contrast Communism And Fascism

The 20th-century new ideas promised a utopian world that would bring never-ending happiness and wealth. Both ideas went against traditional ideas from a social, political, and cultural point of view. Both believed in the eradication of the old ways, and building a new order of life. This ideas happened to be Communism and Fascism, which combined only brought violence, millions of people killed and led humanity into a dark period. Even though these ideologies are often confused as the same, they have a lot of different believes and attitudes toward how things should be done. Both ideas emerged in a moment of crisis when a strong and powerful leader took control. In communism the government has all the power. It takes everything people own and shares it evenly with everyone. The idea is that everyone is equal and social classes do not exist. The government owns all land and industries, people work for the government and the end result is collected and shared between everyone. Meanwhile Fascism is the agreement of the business and the state. The state tells the business what to produce or sell, but the owner still privately owns everything. Another difference is that in a Communist society everyone is equal therefore the government is ruled by people, on the other hand in Fascism a leader has all the
For example both use extreme governmental control to institute their systems. They justified their extreme procedures of controlment because they said others sought to destroy what they were trying to build. Like Fascism, communism had a secret police. They both also had propaganda all over the region, to promote their ideas and spread their beliefs to people who did not agree with it. Both believed that the people needed to be very loyal to the state. In addition the two used violence and terror as a weapon. Both had show trials, and made people confess to crimes they did not