70 years ago, Vice President Henry Wallace predicted the future, oh so accurately:
American fascism will not be really dangerous until there is a purposeful coalition among the cartelists, the deliberate poisoners of public information, and those who stand for the K.K.K. type of demagoguery.
The link:
Henry Wallace speech
Cartelists = Koch brothers
Deliberate poisoners of public information = Fox News
KKK type of demagoguery = Tea Party
He leads off with:
A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.
I don't like the word fascism, because for me it implies a paramilitary organization to intimidate all opposition (Brown Shirts in Germany, Black Shirts in Italy), and we aren't there. Yet.
But I think his definition of what a fascist is matches what we have today:
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.