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Will US have any consequences for its actions ever?
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Then we're not talking about the same fascism. One can only wonder why you use the term fascism as Mussolini who invented the term includes ethnonationalism.
It's not about the time period. It's about countries visibly shifting away from the US camp. That isn't happening yet
Fascism is a large and well-studied subject. It has manifested in numerous ways, but has specific material causes. What gives rise to it is capitalist decay, it's an immune system to protect the system, and arises from petty bourgeois consciousness as it trends towards proletarianization. This often involves insular groups and rises in ethnonationalism.
As for countries shifting away from the US, this is already happening in the global south, which is where the US Empire gets its superprofits from. That's why Belt and Road is so dangerous to the US, it builds up infrastructure for south-south trade, which in turn results in development and independence.
Your paragraph about fascism reads like a regurgitated book quote. Fascism is a specific ideology created by Benito Mussolini. What you're describing seems to be an umbrella concept that simply includes fascism. Pick a different term.
About the Belt and Road, what you described is just multipolarity and global south countries diversifying, not the US on its last legs. What would look like the death cry for the US Empire is: the dollar no longer being the backbone of global finance, US tech companies no longer leading the global stock market, and NATO becoming redundant. None of those things are happening yet.
You're treating fascism like it's champagne vs. sparkling wine. Fascism as a concept is broader than Mussolini, just like socialism is broader than Marx.
As for Belt and Road, the global south increasing in south-south trade facilitates their development, and when they develop unequal exchange is undermined, as is imperialism in general. This is why the US Empire is more desparate to re-assert dominance, because it is losing its hegemony.