Communism Vs Fascism Essay

The differences between fascism and communism are those of inherent values, philosophy and methods. Despite the differences, however, there seem to be commonalities between how these two political systems were carried out in practice.

At first glance, fascism is the opposition to communism. Indeed, fascism and its values originally came about as an alternative political party which sought to destroy communism. Fascists vehemently were against the equal redistribution of goods amongst the citizens of a nation. Fascists were frustrated with communism, as they believed it was partially to blame for Europe’s defeat in World War One. Due to the evident turmoil between the two parties, there were differences that each party advocated for. These differences in methods and philosophy are discussed further in this work.

Communism’s philosophy, ideally, advocated for a society where all are equal. This view extended to monetary items, which explains the redistribution of wealth amongst citizens. Fascism, however, focuses primarily on state power, essentially annihilating human and citizen rights. To Fascists, the state is all powerful and therefore one must go to great extents to uphold the state’s name. In other words, Communists are able to see a world outside of their own, whereas Fascists only see and value their own state.

Each citizen has the crucial role of advocating for their state and its glory. Communism, however, weights the importance of the abundance of goods and how these goods should be equally distributed amongst everyone. Since all people receive equal goods, it is fitting that their ideology advocated for racial and class equality. Fascism, in that sense, could not be more different; its focus on social Darwinism, eugenics and its pursuit of a totalitarian state often resulted in extreme racism and class