"A philosophy or system of government that is marked by stringent social and economic control, a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator, and often a policy of belligerent nationalism." (From The American Heritage Dictionary) Here.

The US has secret prisons. Secret arrests. It's illegal to talk about those arrests, even. The US holds people without charges indefinitely in secret locations, there whereabouts unknown to anyone, including the Red Cross and their families.

The US tortures people, and transfers them around the world to torture them in other countries.

The US is in a permanent state of war with no threats. A building or two, maybe someday, does not constitute a "threat" worthy of war, or the destruction the US has wreaked around the planet during this phony "war".

The US has illegally invaded a country half-way around the world for no good reason, the public excuses based upon lies and deceit known to the perpetrators.

What more has to occur for folks to realize that the US is presently a fascist country? Depends upon the folks, I guess.

Rational people can't escape the conclusion. True Believers can't escape their fantasies.

Arf