Many people seem to think that Fascism and Nasism are synonymous - this is completely wrong. True, Nazism is based on Fascism, but Fascism does not advocate genocide as does Nazism, or at least as did many Nazis. In theory Fascism advocates firm and centralized government. The ideology isn't nearly as bad as many would make us think - in fact, on the national level it is extremely good. It was the Fascist tennants of Nazism that made Germany so strong after being so, so very weak. Fascism made Italy strong also. Unfortunately Mussolini allowed himself to become associated with 'the wrong crowd'. As Silvio Berlusconi said Mussolini was not so bad. However, he was still a dictator whatever way you look at him and he got in with a particularly bad crowd (it should be noted though that the Allies joined up with Stalin who is responsible for many times the number of deaths that Hitler was - as such one could say they got in with a worse crowd than did Mussolini). In terms of what is best for a nation - Fascism is best. However if you are looking for what is best for the people then Fascism is certainly not the system for you. Democracy allows nations to be strong (perhaps, though, not as much as Fascism), but is not oppressive like Fascism. Fascism is immensely superior to Communism and its very essence means that Fascist nations will become very strong, but it simply cannot compare to democracy.