But to bring this back around, the fascists have succeeded since Reagan in imposing austerity on the country, to the point of full oligarchical rule.
Marginalized people suffer the worst, of course, as they always do. But the grumbling of white voters who feel they should be better off -- and it's someone else's fault that they're not -- is fertile ground for a fascist takeover.
These people are looking for someone to blame and the fascists are giving them a list of targets, literally.