Fascism is authoritarianism by private-elites: don’t get a vaccine, you’re fired; want that contract, hire my cousin; no wrongthink or we’ll block your internet access and credit card processing. We’ll instruct you what the news is and if you question us, you lose everything. Communists are Fascists who skip the middleman. It’s ironic that these are the kinds of things that define the Left, the same people who call everyone else Fascists. The word has gotten so confused that sometimes the best way to define “Fascism” is by comparing it to its opposite: anarchy.

Anarchists don’t want anyone but themselves in control but that, of course, is ridiculous because anarchy immediately reverts to Fascism. Without a government preventing bad actors, those with any power to exploit, will. With a liberal government, you got the state at your back if the landlord comes by and demands your wife give a blowjob or get evicted, but that’s not so clearcut in a land wallowing in anarchy. To protect yourself and your family, especially from exploitation, you could join a Fascist mafia, or Fascist pirates, or Fascist church elders. The best example of this is joining a gang in prison for protection, because in anarchy land, unless you do something to join with those around you for protection, the only question will be if your wife has to swallow.