Ideological Differences Between Fascism And Communism

World War II is well-known as a global war aiming for power expansion. It is related to the role of politics and ideology; the tool to gain power by a country to conquer the others. In general, there were two groups of power involved in the war. They were the Allies and the Axis whose members came from all countries over the world. However, Europe, as the biggest part of both Allies and Axis power, appears to be the most interesting to be analyzed. Russia and Germany, for example, were the countries that involved in this second war. This was caused by ideology differences between fascism (Germany) under Hitler’s leadership and communism (Russia) under Stalin.
Fascism and Communism were very different in their principles. According to Encyclopedia of Government and Politics (2002:168), fascism, in term of ideology and political goals, represents the most intense and radical form of nationalism known to modern Europe. Its political system is led by one charismatic leader with absolute authority. It supported private property and condemned socialism. On the other hands, communism is an ideology postulating full social equality and a political and economic system
To reach this purpose, it should make sure that the opposite ideologies had no chance to do any revolt by doing ideology demolishment. According to Oxford Dictionary (2016) demolishment or demolition is defined as the action or process of demolishing or being demolished. This is aimed at human being as the fundamental part of the ideology; the creator and the player of it. Since the war has ended, it was organized to be done secretly. Gulag, for example, was known as labor camp for rebuilding the damage caused by the war. However, based on the experiences faced by German ex-laborers, it was intentionally created as a secret place to demolish Russia’s political oppositions during post-war