Rabid nationalism or a strongman/generalissimo type leader is not required for a fascist state. The symbiosis between the state, media, and corporations under central control of one man or a cabal of leaders qualifies. In fact, as others have pointed out here, we in the US are living under fascism right now.

I think the strongman/fascist fallacy arose because of Mussolini and Hitler.

Rabid nationalism or a strongman/generalissimo type leader is not required for a fascist state. The symbiosis between the state, media, and corporations under central control of one man or a cabal of leaders (syndicalism) qualifies. In fact, as others have pointed out here, we in the US are living under fascism right now.

I think the strongman/fascist fallacy arose because of Mussolini and Hitler.