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If you consider the anticommunist nature of US ideology, you may consider US was a fascist nation for the whole of the 20th century. Racial apartheid and terrorism, slavery, the amount of Nazis inside the US was no joke. Hitler was actually inspired by the US and thought of it as an exemplary system
Yeah, I agree that all the elements are already present. I do think that as material conditions continue to decline and civil unrest starts spreading then the regime is going to crack down very violently on that. This will have full support from white supremacists, upper crust of the working class, and and petit bourgeoisie.
I think the proclaimed democratic collapse pertains to the "imperialism turned inwards" aspect of fascism. USA is running out colonies to exploit. Contradictions of capitalism are mounting resulting in severe deterioriarions in the material conditions of the working class. This could lead to even more violent suppression of the working class expressing their grievances.