Fascist America 2 - The Culture

People still don't seem to believe the USA is fascist. It is. In my last post on this topic I described (briefly) the economic aspect of fascism and how America conforms to it in 100% of cases. But what about the people? Are Americans really fascist? Surely they are the ones who fought against fascism in World War II! This is, of course, a historical myth. Americans in the 1920's and 1930's admired fascism very much. Most newspapers praised Mussolini, as did prominent politicians including President Franklin D. Roosevelt. American Christians overwhelmingly supported Mussolini in his support of Franco in the Spanish Civil War (I will have to write another post someday about Franco and his supposed "fascism").
But what about Americans today? For that we would have to create a list of traits characterizing fascist society (I will use Mussolini's Italy which is the only Fascist state ever to exist):
1. Militarism
2. Extreme Patriotism/Nationalism
3. Anti-Communism
4. Anti-Capitalism
5. Egalitarianism and Equality (between citizens of the State, not internationally)
Now let's look at the United States today. Do Americans and their Government possess these characteristics?
1. Americans culture is extremely militaristic. While living here for the last several months I have heard people make many statements like "soldiers are the ultimate professionals" and are "morally flawless". Saying something against the army and its mercenaries seems to be heresy (this, of course, is not true of private protection forces the US government sometimes hires). The rhetoric of politicians is also doubtlessly militaristic. In Fascist Italy Mussolini announced "Battle for Grain" and "Battle for Land", in the United States politicians wage "War on Drugs" and "War on Poverty". Back in high school we put a lot of emphasis on analyzing language used when studying Fascist Italy. Can the same not be applied to the US? I won't even discuss the staggering percentage of cars that I see on the road with some form of ribbons supporting the army, the troops, or veterans.
2. People in America are the most patriotic people I know. They have all kinds of new age brainwashing techniques like the "pledge of allegiance" in schools, they sing their national anthem at every sporting event (no matter how minor or unrelated to America) and they put their flags everywhere. Whatever people's political views they claim to be heirs of "American ideals" and will do anything to prove themselves American. They also project their values onto everyone in the whole entire world ("American way or the highway"). Again there is no tolerance for dissenters (non-patriots).
3. This one is pretty self explanatory. I have never met a communist in America nor anyone who would admit to communist leanings (even in cases where they are obviously Marxist or collectivist).
4. Capitalism has become the new punching bag of the US. Conservatives and Liberals alike want to strangle it in some way by control or protectionism. It was the same in Mussolini's Italy. Free market and some form of private property existed much like in the USA today. The rhetoric was as it is here - that capitalism is productive and anti-communist, but needs to be closely monitored and controlled because of greedy people. It is never described as good, only as pragmatic.
5. This is also redundant to explain. With all the ludicrous affirmative action and gender equality laws I'm surprised the Catholic Church has not yet condemned the United States. It had of course condemned Mussolini for masculinization of women in Fascist Italy. And where are women more masculine than in the US today?! Even state prisons have quotas on how many guards need to be women! At least Mussolini had the sense to keep women out of the armed forces (for the most part).

With this evidence before you, you can now make up your mind!