Jean Claude was more a kleptocrat than a fascist, and barely that. Most of all he was a playboy clown that wanted little to do with government other than spending the money it made.

Granted, a state can be fascist and a kleptocracy. But it seems fairly clear to me that by the time the Duvalier's voluntarily went into exile that virtually all the fascist elements of the government had decayed into chaos. If MNS has listed Francois Duvalier, I'd probably not have crossed him off the list.

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There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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