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What utter bullshit is this? Are you that ignorant, or are you intentionally misrepresenting history? In either case, you need to shut your mouth.
Fascism is a far-right political ideology. Let explain to you what it is composed of, its beliefs:
It is authoritarian: no democracy, no elections, only one single party led by one charismatic fugure. This usually comes with the "cult of the Leader".
It is ultranationalist: people from that nation (or race) are considered "supreme", that others are inferior and even "subhuman", and usually comes with a narrative that they are being attacked (despite being dominant).
It is repressive: political opposition is suppressed, the media is attacked and "put under control", and individual freedom and rights are taken away to maintain social order and ensure the absolute authority of the state.
It is totalitarian: state must control all aspects of public and private life, including the economy and culture, abusing propaganda and censorship.
This is what America is turning into RIGHT NOW. Not so in the late 30s, when Americans were coming out from the Great Depression, and when its values were literally opposed to all of these.
That's only true if you are viewing US history from the perspective of the white colonizers.
Ultranationalist isn't always about race. 1930s US was waaaayyy more into using race as a signifier for nationalism than modern US, albeit I would argue that modern US is more nationalistic though the 1930s is when those seeds were being planted.
Also you want to talk about repressive and totalitarian?1850-1950 was the century of Jim Crow, company towns, robber barons, indigenous genocide, concentration camps, red scare, yellow journalism, etc.
Nazi Germany was just as "opposed" to all of your points so long as you were Von Germanic Protestant.
You are intentionally misrepresenting history and whitewashing the US and engaging in the exact ultranationalism you claim to be speaking against. Shut your keyboard.