I know this is complicated, but not really. You can easily reduce it down to understanding what fascism is, and how it happens. The same as a bird, is a bird, no matter how multi-colored its plumage. But unfortunately if your education of what fascism is consists of "funny uniforms and moustache" and your idea of how it happens is "weird little man cast a magic spell over the whole nation" you are not prepared for what it looks like, how it happens, in reality.