Obviously the word has discussion around its definition but it seems that the corporatist part is deemphasized, and there is a new focus on race and nationalism.
Old Definition "A political system headed by a dictator in which the government controls business and labor and opposition is not permitted"
New Definition "a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition"
The oldest definition of fascism as how I was taught was basically the merging of corporations and government into a totalitarian state. That's basically right out of Mussolini's own words or close to.
It really doesn't matter much. Fascism never really took form to a point it could be defined. Mussolini was just trying to emulate National Socialism while balancing the Catholic Church's influence, having an Italian flair and giving his government some sort of philosophical pioneering justification.
Mussolini and the Italians were nothing but a bit joke in both WWI and WWII. Arguably, Germany would have been better off without the Italians as allies. "Fascism" is a joke political ideology. The real ideology to come up with a definition for is National Socialism. Hitler arguably wanted less control over industry than Mussolini. National Socialism ironically was less totalitarianism than modern Western democracies and had more economic freedom as well.
Roosevelt: "the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism"
Fascism is government controlled by corporations, Nazism is corporations controlled by government, Democracy is corporations and government controlled by the People.
Lol at democracy. LMFAO even. Democracy is corporations and governments controlled by an oligarch while tricking the public onto thinking they have control.
We have democracy like the Soviet Union was communist - in name only.