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.