The Northern Virginia doctor knows at least that much about his situation. He knows he is no longer considered a citizen of the United States — the place where he was born, went to school and has practiced medicine for more than 30 years — and that he also belongs to no other place.
A letter from a State Department official informed him that he should not have been granted citizenship at the time of his birth because his father was a diplomat with the Embassy of Iran. The letter directed Sobhani to a website where he could apply for lawful permanent residence.
it’s not a broad definition, Umberto Eco’s definition is anything but broad.
Secondly, what does his personal opinion matter? him being an American fascist instead of a German fascist, isn’t an argument that he isn’t fascist. The Soviets were some of the greatest contributors to fighting the Nazis, that didn’t make them any less fascist.
In short, you could type up an entire wall of text, defending a fascist as not fascist, but don’t even have an actual definition of Fascism, unironically having you fall into “the cult of action for action’s sake”.
I recommend, if you have such strong feelings, to look a bit outside your comfort zone (like actually trying to understand Fascism)