What is fascism, really?

definitions:
a political philosophy, movement, or regime  that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.

a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control.

an authoritarian form of government, although not all authoritarian regimes are fascist.

(Originally, "fascism" referred to a political movement that was linked with corporatism )
 
fascism, especially once in power, has historically attacked communism, conservatism and liberalism, attracting support primarily from what in a classical sense is called the "far right" or "extreme right"

the dictatorship of the most reactionary elements of financial capitalism.--Fascism is an open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, the most chauvinistic, the most imperialistic elements of the financial capital... Fascism is neither the government beyond classes nor the government of the petty bourgeois or the lumpen-proletariat over the financial capital. Fascism is the government of the financial capital itself. It is an organized massacre of the working class and the revolutionary slice of peasantry and intelligentsia. Fascism in its foreign policy is the most brutal kind of chauvinism, which cultivates zoological hatred against other peoples.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_fascism

Perhaps, its like pornography--"I can't define it, but I know it when I see it"

 "At rallies—surrounded by supporters wearing black shirts—_________ caught the imagination of the crowds. His physique was impressive, and his style of oratory, staccato and repetitive, was superb. His attitudes were highly theatrical, his opinions were contradictory, his facts were often wrong, and his attacks were frequently malicious and misdirected; but his words were so dramatic, his metaphors so apt and striking, his vigorous, repetitive gestures so extraordinarily effective, that he rarely failed to impose his mood."

If you thought I was describing Donald Trump, Surprise!  This is a description of Benito Mussolini and his rise to power--Officially the first fascist leader at the beginning of a fascist rise that covered most of Europe and much of the American continent during the 1920's to as late as the mid-1970's.

The current rise of the ALT RIGHT, is a blatant attempt to resurrect the Nazi Party of Germany.  Adoph Hitler, a man of similar beliefs and oratory abilities to Benito Mussolini, raised the Nazi Party to a power which endangered the entire world--unless you were one of them.

That is the thing that doesn't seem to catch the people currently loving our latest rise of Fascism.  It is only great to White Men.  Their children and wives seem to be on board, but the females are not in line for any perks except not being threatened as long as one of the white males is protecting them, supporting them, and not tired of them.

Amazingly, fascism is not about  anything but money and power.  Deciding who has it.  Deciding who doesn't.  It is all about putting the power of the money in the hands of white men, and keeping it there--by any means necessary.

Fascism is about Business over individuals.
Fascism is about Caucasian over any other race.
Fascism is about Male over female and heterosexual over any other choices.

But the thing to remember, the most important thing to remember, is that all those fascist regimes, all those dictators, all those government changes were made through the normal election processes of the nations that became fascist.

They were voted in or appointed using the current government laws and rules; then all the checks and balances, all the individual protections of the people were removed by the new governing party using those same rules that changed such things as the tax rate and the budget.  All the opportunities for bettering yourself, your life, your family's lives, became dependent upon:
being white
being male
being a member of the fascist party.

If I were a billionaire white male with a tendency toward white supremecy (say, my father was arrested in 1927 at a KKK rally in Queens, New York), and favored women from parts of the world that had to use their beauty and bodies to obtain a man that could keep them in the manner they preferred, I might prefer it if my country was fascist.  I might even love knowing that in a fascist nation, I have everything to gain and nothing to lose.

The rest of us need to stay more alert than the world did in the 1930's when fascism caused World War II.

There were a lot of loser's in that one--on a personal level.   And a lot of them were white men with a soul.