What is a fascist and how does that differ from the corporate welfare seem in this 700 billion $ bail out ?

Various scholars attribute different characteristics to fascism, but the following elements are usually seen as its integral parts: nationalism (including national socialism, national syndicalism, along with collectivism and populism based on the nationalist values); totalitarianism (including dictatorship, major social interventionism, and statism); third way (including cl collaboration, corporatism, economic planning, welfare state expansion; and militarism.