Fascism vs Communism?
Well, in my opinion its got to be communism every time. Mussolini's fascism is designed to be a right-wing dictatorial, nationalist ideology and always was.
Communism, while arguably (though not be me) may often degrade into a quasi-fascism, but it is not inteded to or designed to. Based on actual theory and intention communism is a near utopia of equality, universal wealth and classless individuals all striving for a greater good.
Fascism simply isn't, to quote Mussolini's
'What is Fascism', I think we can see what fascism was and was claimed to be: -
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After Socialism, Fascism combats the whole complex system of democratic ideology, and repudiates it, whether in its theoretical premises or in its practical application. Fascism denies that the majority, by the simple fact that it is a majority, can direct human society; it denies that numbers alone can govern by means of a periodical consultation, and it affirms the immutable, beneficial, and fruitful inequality of mankind, which can never be permanently leveled through the mere operation of a mechanical process such as universal suffrage....
...Fascism denies, in democracy, the absur[d] conventional untruth of political equality dressed out in the garb of collective irresponsibility, and the myth of "happiness" and indefinite progress....
...iven that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority...a century of Fascism. For if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the State....
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Modern History Sourcebook: Mussolini: What is Fascism, 1932
A society devoid of democracy and places power in the hands of single individuals is not a place I want to live.