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and of course China is lowly rated on the democracy scale



Fascism is basically a cancerous outgrowth of the old socialist movement.
Lassalle, Bernstein and co push for reforms within capitalism instead of revolution, the demand to abolish the present state of things is sidelined or even got rid of, and claas collaborationism becomes seen as desirable.
If you only ally with the bourgeoisie, you can get "a healthy mix" where you get the best of capitalism and the best of socialism!
During WW1 some realized, who cares about that reform stuff! What unites "us" is our glorious nation! It's definitely more important than social reform (some say it's even harmful to our interests!)
At all steps of the way, the most important thing is that you prevent communists from getting influential. They're harmful to the success of the program after all, and they scare off the bourgeois.
How much violence you use is up to you!