Extremed are always bad. No point in comparing them.
What the greatest and most successful civilizations in history have in common isn't some form of ideology. It's freedom. Freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of religion. Constantinople was once the most important and wealthy city in the world. In a time where it had a lot of freedom, countless milestones in scientific research emerged. It all went downhill when some assholes decided to force islam onto the people. Just a few centuries later europe discovered secularism for themselves, told christians to leave the governments alone and went on to become the most advanced and rich continent in the world.
The US are where they are today because of freedom. That drew in some of the greatest minds of all time like Albert Einstein from which the country profited heavily. You can bet your ass Einstein wouldn't have fled to the US if it had been some fascist or communist country.
If you want a country to last long, you need discussions, you need compromises and you need freedom. Cultures can only evolve when they are in contact with other cultures. If you can't give your people freedom, sooner or later your realm will burn to the ground. Either because the people themselves get sick of extremism or because of some stupid war. History repeats itself, we can learn from that. Sadly, many people refuse to do so.
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