Please..
All you're doing by examining the term is masking the fact that it's your favorite insult and you others here love to fling 'it' at the drop of a hat.
In 2004, Samantha Power (lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University) reflected Orwell's words from 60 years prior when she stated, "Fascism – unlike communism, socialism, capitalism, or conservatism – is a smear word more often used to brand one's foes than it is a descriptor used to shed light on them.
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You guys are trying to shoehorn Trump into a mold of your own creation. I don't even think you know you're doing it.