ocracy ▁while ▁reject ing ▁liberal ▁dem ocracy ▁as ▁a ▁fra ud . ▁Bar rès ▁claimed ▁that ▁author itar ian ▁dem ocracy ▁involved ▁spiritual ▁connection ▁between ▁a ▁leader ▁of ▁a ▁nation ▁and ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁people , ▁and ▁that ▁true ▁freedom ▁did ▁not ▁arise ▁from ▁individual ▁rights ▁nor ▁parliament ary ▁rest raint s , ▁but ▁through ▁" h ero ic ▁leadership " ▁and ▁" n ational ▁power ". ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁fasc ist ▁and ▁quasi - f asc ist ▁reg imes ▁that ▁govern ed ▁Italy , ▁Roman ia , ▁and ▁Spain ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁author itar ian ▁dem ocracy ▁was ▁promoted ▁as ▁an ▁alternative ▁to ▁liberal ▁dem ocracy , ▁multi - party ▁based ▁dem ocracy ▁was ▁dis m ant led ▁and ▁replaced ▁by ▁corpor at ist ▁representation ▁of ▁state - san ction ed ▁corpor ate ▁groups ▁that ▁would ▁un ite ▁people ▁into ▁interest ▁groups ▁to ▁address ▁the ▁state ▁that ▁would ▁act ▁in ▁the ▁interest ▁of ▁the ▁general ▁will ▁of ▁the ▁nation ▁and ▁thus ▁exercise ▁an ▁order ly ▁form ▁of ▁popular ▁rule . ▁Italian ▁F asc ists ▁argued ▁that ▁this ▁author itar ian ▁dem ocracy ▁is ▁capable ▁of ▁representing ▁the ▁different ▁interests ▁of ▁society ▁that ▁advise ▁the ▁state ▁and ▁the ▁state ▁acts ▁in ▁the ▁interest ▁of ▁the ▁nation . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁fasc ists ▁den ounced ▁liberal ▁dem ocracy ▁for ▁not ▁being ▁a ▁true ▁dem ocracy ▁but ▁in ▁fact ▁being ▁un - dem ocr atic ▁because ▁from ▁the ▁fasc ist