Fascism replaced party programs with the inspiration of the present moment

Evidence

Mussolini was probably the first party leader who consciously rejected a formal program and replaced it with inspired leadership and action alone. Behind this act lay the notion that the actuality of the moment itself was the chief element of inspiration, which would only be hampered by a party program. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2576

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the fascist principle of ‘actualism’ — leadership and moment-inspiration substituting for programmatic doctrine — a mechanism for how totalitarian movements jettison ideology.