Fascism is the open and terroristic dictatorship of the most reactionary, chauvinistic and imperialistic elements of financial capital" -. Georgi Dimitrov After the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, Dimitrov concluded his work on fascism with a warning that we should all heed today: Once fascism has seized state power, change by political means is impossible; The only way to overcome it is to destroy it in an armed conflict: war!