Sure would be historic to hand unchecked executive power to Donald Trump desperate to evade prosecution and repay favours.

Not in a good way, but historic for sure.

Also, when in doubt, they decide in favour of branding and appearance over function.

Fascinating. I wonder how the millions of Chinese Catholics feel about this use.

Yep.

The part about lacking political education also means fascists are commonly identified as those who start world wars and drag people into gas chambers. Which is reversed to naively argue they can’t be fascist before that point. Disregarding that this is of course not how the nazis started out either.

The uncomfortable truth is that far too many people are entirely comfortable with a far-right agenda and rhetoric. Especially if it gives them permission to look down on someone else.

Also poor political education has people thinking of fascism as 1) some almost mythological evil far removed from modern sensibilities, and 2) a problem of the past. Neither is true.