Fascism

Fascism was a political philosophy originating on Earth. After Adolf Hitler took power in Germany i n the 1930s and established the Nazi state it became his government style. .

A key pillar of fascism was the so called "Leader Principle" which stated that a government should have a single leader as its head, with all others obeying this leader without question. In the 20th century fascist leaders were generally deemed evil and psychotic men and it was for this reason that fascism failed on Earth as a viable form of government. However, even in cases where a fascist leader governed for the good of the people, it was a fact that when any man held so much power then it was in turn irresistible that an urge to "play God" would corrupt the government. Such was the case on Ekos, where Federation historian John Gill founded a peaceful fascist government only to have his government turn evil just like its predecessors. 

Quark called Odo a fascist, when the two got into a fight after crashing on an uninhabited Class L planet in 2373. 

In 2374, Benjamin Sisko had a series of visions taking place in 1950s Earth, where Herbert Rossoff accused Douglas Pabst of being a fascist. 

The structure of the Cardassian Union is very reminiscent of historical fascist empires, with its extreme devotion to the state and the Cardassian Articles of Jurisprudence, which assume guilt prior to trials.

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