[wyre]

Help me understand how a firm grip on tells that living in America is not fascism? It's definitely checking the boxes.

[redwall_hp]

Basically all of Eco's Ur-Fascism boxes are checked. And he'd know, having lived under Mussolini's regime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism

[throwaway76375]

He was 11 when Mussolini's government fell...