[Political Interest]

From what I have studied in my attempt to understand what fascism was I have come to an impediment in my understanding. What I do not know is whether or not fascism was capitalist or if corporatism constituted a separate economic system from capitalism.

It is known that Mussolini did not like liberal capitalism and he criticised what he called super capitalism which he believed had began in 1914. This he contrasted with a positive and creative capitalism that existed in the 19th century. It had led to innovations and developments unlike the decadence of super capitalism.

Therefore: Was fascism merely critical of liberal capitalism and in contrast sought a controlled and patriotic nationalism capitalism (corporatism)? In other words did fascism consider itself capitalist, albeit not liberal capitalist?

Or was fascism (and corporatism) completely and a hundred percent distinct from capitalism, whether liberal or otherwise?

[Technology]

I think it depends on what capitalism means. Is the existence of a market capitalist, or does capitalism mean rule by those individuals who own the capital? If the first, fascism is capitalist, if the second, fascism may still be capitalist in practice, but fascists would tend to argue that their corporatist system means rule by collaboration and incorporation of capital and labor interests (in theory) and so is not capitalist in the sense of bourgeois rule.

Whether actually existing fascism was capitalist is another interpretation of the question (or whether actually existing socialism wasn't on that point).