单项选择题

The passage suggests which of the following about fascist dictatorships

A. They represent a more efficient form of the executive.
B. Their rise to power came about through an accident of history.
C. They mark a regression to earlier despotic forms of government.
D. Despite superficial dissimilarities, they are in essence like absolute monarchies.
E. They maintain their dominance by rechanneling opposing forces in new directions.