Classical Definition of Fascism: Excessive authoritarian governance in close allegiance with corporate interests as under Mussolini.
“We are approaching not a Hitler-type fascism, but one of a softer type, which shows in the loss of civil freedoms, when corporations rule everything and… the government lies in the same bed with big business.” - Ron Paul - MSNBC December, 2007
Crisis as a way to build a global totalitarian state