>>377587Ideology is just a refined form of mysticism though. It is not substantive in of itself, but an indicator of what lies beneath. That was one of Marx's better observations, that ideology is largely bullshit.
The principles of fascism, the wacky mystical hijinks and fetishization of eastern mysticism, is not accidental or purely superficial. Such views are aligned with the actual goals of the fascist - that is, that most of them are invested in eugenics, a reordering of society and the total control of that ordering. If eugenics were laid bare for what it is, it would be difficult to consider it any sort of functioning social system, because the results even in its early days were clearly ruinous. A layer of mysticism and ritual reinforces the eugenicist mindset through a number of mental tricks and faggotries. It is among the secrets of the fascist priesthood, perhaps not shared universally - at the end of the day, people are invested in more basic things - but the mysticism is a feature of any ideological system. Liberalism has its mysticism, and communism has a mysticism, but fascist mysticism is far more virulent.
The bulk of the Nazi core, though, were motivated by eugenics outright. The conceits of "muh nation" were never more than a way to expand the base. Everything about fascism involves taking traditional forms of society, abolishing them, and creating a parody tradition in its place. It is, despite its appearance, a very progressive ideology. Futurism and reconstruction were trends in the very earliest expressions of modern fascism, and could be seen even in the more overtly reactionary protofascists. The fascists themselves were conscious of what they were doing, and it was not a deep secret. The most you can say is that fascists didn't advertise explicitly every step of what they were doing in social transformation, but the push towards futurism was explicitly stated to literate fascists, and it was not hard for fascists to show their contempt for traditions that did not serve eugenics. Fascism quite visibly stood opposed to traditional religion, seeking to replace it with positive reformulations of Christianity or even replacing it with some neo-paganism.