In the 30s, Communists were the big boogeyman in Germany. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialist

In the 30s, Communists were the big boogeyman in Germany. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-nie... Italians called themselves fascist. Germans would not have identified as such. Fascism is difficult to define, even when it does not mean "my current political enemies." I tend to favor Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism traits. Eco is a historian who grew up under Italy's fascism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism If you take a step back and squint a little, almost all of that could apply to the US, regardless of administration. I would hope that would serve as a dire warning and not as a weapon.