It doesn't have to be war, necessarily. Moreso a perception of national decline - that can come about acutely because of the loss of WW1 as in Germany, or of a progressive decline a la Spain in the early 1930's when falangism emerged.
Nakena wrote:I believe Trump is just an berlusconi like wannabe autocrat or at worst caudillo who doesnt fits the bill or the bar for it, despite he initiated the capitol storm which is new for the US.
Trump isn't even a wannabe dictator really. He's a sundowning dementia case who, if you point a mic at him, says a lot of the things that many American people already believe - and which aligns with what we'd call ur-fascist sentiments in terms of national decline and an elitist, treacherous enemy class. People around him certainly tried to maneuver him into being a caudillo-like figure but I doubt we can ascribe much intentionality to what he does beyond impulse. The danger Trump represents is less in his own personal capacity and moreso in revealing the American appetite for ur-fascist rhetoric which cannier people can use to more effect.
Nakena wrote:But such stuff is not uncommon elsewhere. If at all it just killed of american exceptionalism. Its more like the US is moving closer to latin america and the rest of the non-western world in terms of political stability.
Which is, of course one of the other competing definitions of fascism: the process of colonial methods of governance and control seeping back into the imperial core. Those Latin American caudillos could not have existed without American political interference and strategy.
Nakena wrote:What you (?) and I describe is a fundamental crack or break in society and civilization through which real Fascism can emerge.
There isn't any 'real fascism' outside of the ur-fascism Eco describes. It can look quite different depending on place and time.