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WK2 DQ1_Contemporary History

WK2 DQ1_Contemporary History

Q Compare and contrast the two types of authoritarian governments that arose after 1917, that is, communism and fascism. What were the origins of these governments, their accomplishments, and their failures? What accounts for the fact that the masses mobilized to support these movements? Elaborate.

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In order to understand the difference between communism and fascism, it is important to understand these individually. In communism there is no private ownership. Everything comes under government thus; the government have complete control even over a person’s rights and liberties. The aim of communism was to establish a classless society. In other words, communism is an economic system that encourages class-less society along with egalitarian society however, Fascism is completely different no matter how similar they look.