"法西斯"这个名词最早出现在古罗马。当时，国家最高长官一一执政官出巡时，有24名随从，扛着一束用皮带捆扎的苔棒，中间插着一把锋利的战斧。这束苔棒就是"法西斯",象征着暴力和权威，它是罗马国家最高权力的标志。到第一次世界大战后，墨索里尼在意大利建立了"法西斯党"党派，进而夺取了国家政权。墨索里尼对外扩张侵略，对内残酷镇压共产党和人民群众，实行恐怖的独裁统治。因此，这种思想和主张被称为法西斯主义，这样的政权也就被称做法西斯政权。后来，德国、日本也推行法西斯主义，挑起了第二次世界大战。"法西斯"作为恐怖、独裁统治的代名词被人们所痛恨，随着第二次世界大战的结束，法西斯主义彻底崩溃了。

The term "fascism" first appeared in ancient Rome. At that time, when the country's top executive, the consul, was on patrol, there were 24 attendants, carrying a bunch of moss sticks tied with belts, and a sharp battle axe was inserted in the middle. This moss stick is "fascism", which symbolizes violence and authority. It is the symbol of the supreme power of Roman state. After the first World War, Mussolini established the "fascist party" in Italy, and then seized the state power. Mussolini expanded his aggression to the outside world, brutally suppressed the Communist Party and the people at home, and exercised a terrifying dictatorship. Therefore, this kind of thought and proposition is called fascism, and such a regime is also called fascist regime. Later, Germany and Japan also carried out fascism, provoking the Second World War. "Fascism" is hated by people as a synonym of terror and dictatorship. With the end of the Second World War, fascism collapsed completely.