Fascism unified the bourgeoisie and gave it renewed class consciousness.

Evidence

Throughout 1925, the fascist regime intensified the dictatorial character of its rule. The P.C.L’s traditional view equating fascism and social-democracy was not abandoned, but it now began to be accompanied by a new awareness of fascism as a unifier of the ruling class and expression of its interests. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 202

Categorization

• DEFINE: Gramscian concept: fascism as the bourgeoisie’s self-organization and restoration of class consciousness.
• XREF: connects to: Fascism arrested class polarisation before the bourgeoisie formed its own party; Working-class whites greeted open fascist segregationism with mass enthusiasm. — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 117