> That is, of course, your right. But, out of curiosity, how would you detect if a US candidate was actually a fascist? Or, maybe, to keep it more remote and ma

> That is, of course, your right. But, out of curiosity, how would you detect if a US candidate was actually a fascist? Or, maybe, to keep it more remote and make things a bit less passionate, if an Austrian candidate was actually a fascist? Gasp, too late to edit this. Well, I wanted to emphasize that I do not believe that Trump is a fascist, per se. Unfortunately, it's not as much of an endorsement as it sounds: I also do not believe that all the leaders of the various fascist parties that took over Europe around WWII were necessarily fascists themselves, just as I do not believe that Stalin was particularly communist. I believe some of them were power-hungry sociopaths who saw an opening created by fascists (or communists, for Stalin) and used it to climb to power. Now, what I do believe is that Donald Trump is employing the entire fascist vocabulary, in an attempt to voluntarily cater to the people who really are fascists (or close enough that the distinction is pointless) among both his voter base, his militants and his election machine. I have no idea how many people this represents but I believe that Donald Trump does. And I believe that using the real fascists in an attempt to reach/keep power is at the very least irresponsible, because it mechanically gives some power to the real fascists, as well as a very real path to ultimate power. That feels as dangerous as, say, buying gas from the neighboring expansionist dictator. I also believe that people should keep calling each other fascists/communists (am I being guilty of that?), especially without understanding what it means, but that's another debate.