He was a victim of a faulty fuzzy theoretical and ideological framework which among other things did not account for political circumstances and realities, consolidated too much power and equipped its followers with unwarranted faith and zeal.

What? No.

Why would you even need to ask that?

>>328767
Yes. George III was also a fascist. And Mao Zedong. And Ho Chi Minh. And Leopold II. And Richard Nixon. All bad people ever are fascists.

>>328767
Cult of personality ≠ Facism.

>>328802
well, what makes fascism different from nationalistic authoritarianism? Isn't that what it's defined as?

How is Stalin not that?

>>328824
Totalitarianism was the natural conclusion to the ideas and overconfidence circulating at the time. That's how we realized this utopian statist stuff wasn't too good and paved the way for contemporary liberal/capitalist ideological hegemony.

>>328810
>Leopold
>Nixon
>bad

>>328850
I guess I should have asked what sets fascism apart. The term gets equated to pretty much anyone in power now as >>328810 pointed out

>>328864
Shut the fuck up fascist, go oppress some workers or something

>>328892
>>>/leftypol/