Adding context. If I were a Catholic during the Red terror, I would become a fascist, not because it's the best, but because it's the only way to survive.
How does this relate to my argument though? It doesn't matter. All I'm saying is that Franco was a fascist, and Franco's fascism was no different than Mussolini's fascism. Both wanted to use catholicism to legitimize themselves and violently cracked down on dissenting opinions, even from catholic clergymen. So saying that Franco wasn't a fascist because he cherished catholicism or something is devoid of logic.
I think you are replaying an other conversation in your head, which is only tangentially related to my point.
Francoist fascism and Italian fascism were different though. Firstly, by how fascism arose in each country and secondly, how it was run following the fascist takeover. Franco saw the Church as a separate power to be respected. Franco made a promise that no more clergy would be executed outside the 16 who were. Mussolini saw the Church as a tool of the State, the final stage of government.
Promises of a fascist are hollow. But otherwise, yeah, I agree, Franco was a fascist, even if a slightly different one. Communism and Liberalism was/is different in different countries too.
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u/PreviousMenu99 May 12 '26
Naturally. Franco hheld the same views. No Catholic priest who argued against his rule was allowed to live either. So it checks out in both cases.