Reply #65: "It is fair to state that Fascism and Corporatism take root in the same soil of Far-Right political" [View All]

Definitely, but there is a sparse difference that is important. In fascism, the people and businesses and other institutions exist for the sole purpose of contributing to the development of the state. Any investment of interference in them, from the state, is meant to benefit the state as an end solution (people's needs, as individuals, are non-existent). In corporatism, it is the government that exists to negotiate laws which protect the private interests under any and all circumstances.

"State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management." Benito Mussolini, 1935, Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions, Rome: 'Ardita' Publishers.

See the difference there? In corporatism, they reject the free market at most times to lobby for government subsidies and regulations to protect them (or conversely, the destruction of regulations which may infringe on their operations). The government serves the ownership class in corporatism, whereas in fascism it is all other entities that serve, and can be controlled, by the state.

In BOTH scenarios, the needs of the people are forgotten. Although fascism lays claims to be the antithesis of liberalism, I would say the two of them (fascism and corporatism) are both so in their unique ways