【单选题】

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.