Mick, there wasn't a button to reply to your post about Neo-con evil-doers, so I made this topic here.
You are more right than you know (or do you). It has been the neo-cons since before Reagan that have been at the forefront to re-define fascism as a nationalistic dictatorship, but that is not what the original definition of fascism. The neo-cons have been attempting to pull fascism's teeth so that they could not be accused of fascism.
The original definition of fascism was given by the original fascist, Benito Mussolini, as being the merger of state and corporate power. He effectively dissolved the Italian parliament and replaced their members with a body of representatives appointed by the largest corporations in each province. Sound familiar?
Let's go back in time; before Reagan as President. Not many people know that Reagan was being groomed for public office (ultimately the Presidency) by 5 major corporations in the 1950s. You can look this up, get the information from Mike Papantonio's websites. Anyway, remember how the cornerstones of his Reaganomics (of course, he couldn't call it by it's original name!) was deregulation and privatization of public functions? This was when the corporations started to really get their claws into our government, so that now our elected representatives are more beholden to them than they are to the people who elected them.
There's only one little thing wrong with that; this is supposed to be a populist democracy and our reps can't serve two masters!
And, of course, neo-cons since Reagan have also been trying to tear down FDRs New Deal policies. Why? Because those policies created the largest, strongest middle class the world has ever seen! And when you have a strong middle class (I prefer Jefferson's term for the middle class, the yeomanry) then they are going to demand more rights and more say-so in the halls of power. That's democracy! The corporatocracy can't have that! So the New Deal had to go because it gave the people too much power and gave the corporations none. Profit was no longer their main concern under those circumstances, it was the public good, and that doesn't sit well with the board of directors! They want to be able to sell us their snake oil no questions asked.
Another thing that hurts our democracy is the ludicrous idea of corporate personhood, but that's a rant for another time for me!
Laterz!