Words are defined so that we can communicate effectively. The actual usage of a word gives it meaning, and thus the meaning may change over time.

“Fascism” used to be nationalist, militarist, racist, authoritarian government with cult-leader worship.

Now, I think, “fascism” means advocacy of a capitalist corporate-plutocratic authoritarian structure. Rather than “the blood is the land” mythology, it’s “wealth is self-justifying”.

The classic “fascism” is a set of tools which the current one is willing to use: nationalism, militarism, racism, designation of an external enemy which is labelled as simultaneously weak and cowardly yet also implacable and dangerous, single-leader cult worship.

Those are not core beliefs of these people, those are strategies that they find acceptable to achieve and maintain power.

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