The common elements of fascism — extreme , , the leadership principle, elitism, , anti-, anti-, intolerance, glorification of , the supremacy of the state and— together form a rather loose doctrine. Fascism emphasises action rather than theory, and fascist theoretical writings are always weak. 's Nazism had rather more theory, though its intellectual quality is appalling. This greater theoretical content is mostly concerned with , and it was Hitler's racial theories that distinguished Nazism from Italian fascism.

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