How Gentile Sees the Relationship Between the State and the Individual Under Fascism

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How Gentile sees the relationship between the state and the individual under Fascism
Gentile seems to argue that, under Fascism, the state and the individual are intimately connected and inextricably linked. For Gentile, the state is a "wholly spiritual creation" formed by its citizens' collective consciousness and will. As such, he sees the Fascist state as the "democratic state par excellence" - a state that is essentially created by and for the people. This contrasts the nationalist state, which Gentile argues is an "aristocratic state" that enforces itself upon the masses.
While Gentile's argument is certainly thought-provoking, it has problems. First, his characterization of the Fascist state as the "democratic state par excellence" seems a bit of a stretch. Alth...