The other primary leg of fascism, besides propaganda, is terror. Here, too, a certain level of industrial development is required so that police can move quickly, can communicate readily, and can spy on people. A large prison system also requires the resources of an industrial society. The middle class is the class which is primarily susceptable to fascism because they value property highly, and fear of the loss of property and wealth, through unemployment and inflation, is a primary source of the insecurity which fascism feeds upon. Again, a certain level of industrialization is necessary to create that middle class.
Fascism exploits nationalism by playing upon feelings of superiority over others.
It also exalts militarism as the greatest way to prove superiority, and war as an acceptable, even desirable way of accomplishing national goals. People feel good about themselves if they can forget their insecurities and problems by immersing themselves in an apparently invincible nation. Fascism is reactionary in that it recalls a non-existent national past of greatness which it promise to restore. It also appeals to false memories of a virtuous, rural past. The depression opened the way to Nazism in Germany by creating massive unemployment and economic insecurity.