For a while now I've been using 'hard right' and 'far right' to distinguish between corporatists and other market extremists, on the one hand, and crypto-fascists and open fascists on the other. But the more I think about it, the more the phrase 'far right' seems to miss the point.
The problem with fascists is not how far to the right their take on economic issues (often it's actually more centre-left), but their deeply authoritarian and antidemocratic social attitudes.
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I haven't got a better phrase to suggest just now, and 'far right' is well-established political jargon, so while it's not really accurate it's at least generally understood. I'm not the only one distinguishing between 'far right' and 'hard right' ;
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/guest-blog-ian-powell-far-right-cannibalising-the-mainstream-rightwing-implications-for-new-zealand/
So I'll keep using the phrase for now. But I'm going to keep thinking about it.
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