The foundational ideology and primary origins of fascism can be said to stem from absolutism. Absolutism was established to grant the monarchy full power over Europe which would centralize power with virtually no opposition, while fascism was the idea of awarding one leader with all power who would rule with no opposition. Absolutism and fascism were both undemocratic and anti-communist, however, Marxism in contrast, highlighted the importance of freedom and equal rights. In comparison, fascism and absolutism held similar views on religion.
Both views held that church and politics should be separate, while maintaining the singular religious importance of the church. This paper will compare and contrast the power structure and views of religion of absolutism with …show more content…
Each king used this belief to justify tyrannical behavior. Leaning on this divine right, the Monarchs over central Europe inserted their authority into all matters (Regent
University). Once they declared themselves the heads of church and state there were no longer any division of power or other forms of control that could at any point challenge the decisions or actions of the monarch, or any laws (Wilde, 2018). To compare, fascism of the 20th century was based on the idea that the state should be supreme to all other priorities such as individual liberties or democratic freedoms, much like absolutism that created a government that was above all (Hoffmann,1996). In further comparison, the fascist belief was that the state should be embodied by a single leader (1996). This leader would rule charismatically and would possess a vision meant to lead the nation into a "nation rebirth" similar to the Renaissance (1996). The fascist ideology additionally contended that there should only be one ruling party with no
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political opposition. Fascism used the military to enforce their order and were instructed