Why do people call Fascism right-wing?

Pseudoerasmus illuminates a great source of confusion among critics of Liberal Fascism — and among some fans as well. When I say that fascism or Nazism was of the Left, I'm using as my yardstick the Anglo-American, classical-liberal, tradition. read more

Not to be glib, but people call Fascism right-wing AND left-wing because, because people disagree on what it means to be right wing or left wing. When one calls Fascism a left-wing movement, it is a misapplication of the term, IMO. read more

The people that call fascism right-wing extremism believe that fascism is somehow the opposite of communism. Under their version of fascism, corporations have complete authority in the government, but somehow the government also has full control of the corporations. read more

Over time, anything associated with the state having power on behalf of the 'people', whether moderate or not, is called left-wing. Equally anything that opposes that, whether moderate or not, is called right-wing. Fascism grew from a form of populist nationalism, and is very authoritarian, hence not moderate. read more