Fascism as a Social Order (Giroux)

From Giroux, "Against the New Authoritarianism" p. 35

"As a social order, [fascism] is generally characterized by a system of terror directed against perceived enemies of the state, a monopolistic control of the mass media, an expanding prison system, a state monopoly of weapons, the existence of privileged groups and classes, control of the economy by a limited number of people, unbridled corporatism, 'the appeal to emotion and myth rather than reason, the glorification of violence on behalf of a national cause, the mobilization and militarization of civil society, [and an expansionist foreign policy intended to promote national greatness'."