【单选题】

The passage suggests which of the following about fascist dictatorships
A．(A) They represent a more efficient form of the executive.

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