Let's talk about Fascism.

         The left loves to attach the term "Fascist" to the people that don't agree with them. Especially the Trump supporters and even the Republican voter in general. So, I thought it might be worthwhile to just look at what a Fascist believes in and how they compare to ideas of the conservatives who make up most of the Republican Party. And, to make that same comparison to the left and the Democratic Party. 
     The platform for Fascism was laid down in 1919 by a manifesto.

The Fascist Manifesto of 1919 (From Wikipedia)

In 1919, Alceste De Ambris and Futurist movement leader Filippo Tommaso Marinetti created The Manifesto of the Italian Fasci of Combat (the Fascist Manifesto)^] The Manifesto was presented on 6 June 1919 in the Fascist newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia. The Manifesto supported the creation of universal suffrage for both men and women (the latter being realized only partly in late 1925, with all opposition parties banned or disbanded); proportional representation on a regional basis; government representation through a corporatist system of "National Councils" of experts, selected from professionals and tradespeople, elected to represent and hold legislative power over their respective areas, including labour, industry, transportation, public health, communications, etc.; and the abolition of the Italian Senate. The Manifesto supported the creation of an eight-hour work day for all workers, a minimum wage, worker representation in industrial management, equal confidence in labour unions as in industrial executives and public servants, reorganization of the transportation sector, revision of the draft law on invalidity insurance, reduction of the retirement age from 65 to 55, a strong progressive tax on capital, confiscation of the property of religious institutions and abolishment of bishoprics and revision of military contracts to allow the government to seize 85% of their profits. It also called for the creation of a short-service national militia to serve defensive duties, nationalization of the armaments industry and a foreign policy designed to be peaceful but also competitive.

     Let's see: Take the Fascist Platform one platform plank at a time and check it against the Democratic agenda (the left) and the Republican stance (the right) and see how it compares to both parties.

•  Universal Suffrage--

After a bitter fight the Republicans finally got an amendment to the Constitution allowing women the right to vote. Several states had already adopted that stance but, it wasn't a federal law.
The Democrats fought against it and Wilson didn't want it.
 

         However, everybody signs up to it now. So we can't hold the Dems accountable for their sins in the past. 
 So, which of two parties agree with the Fascists?
         Left--Yes
         Right--Yes
Both parties agree with the Fascists.

• All opposition parties disbanded (or made irrelevant). 

    I'm not sure the left wants to completely disband the Republican Party and kill all the conservatives who don't agree with their point of view, but if you look at the college campuses and the violence heaped on any conservative speaker that dares to enter their domain, you might get the idea that is their goal.  And, this isn't some small radical fringe group that is disowned by the Democrats. 
    The right has it's radical fringe groups also, but they are not as numerous as the left and are generally disowned by the vast majority of the conservatives and certainly by the Party. And, they have not been violently disruptive and against any meeting or rally of the left wing. Look at the violent protests outside the Trump rallies during the elections. There were NO such protests outside the Bernie Sanders or Clinton rallies in the same time frame. The conservative treasures the first amendment to the constitution. So how do you score this?
  Which of the two parties agree with the Fascists?
      Left--Modified yes -say a half yes.
      Right --No

•       Proportional representation on a regional basis.

     Both parties pretty much embrace the idea of proportional representation. That's pretty much what our Constitution specifies. 
 Agreement with the Fascists?
      Left--Yes
      Right--Yes
Both parties agree with the Fascists.

• Government representation through a National Council of experts.--- 

     Over and over again the left has shown that they believe in a socialist and controlled economy. That a bunch of experts will be better for the market than having the unwashed masses deciding what they want to buy. That is called a free market and the left doesn't really think that it works. Just listen to a socialist like Sanders for once.
  Agreement with the Fascists?
     Left--Yes
     Right--NO

•  Holding power over Labor industry, transportation, public health, communications, etc.-

     Again the socialist dream. They believe that a totally regulated economy is the right way to go -On the other hand conservatives believe strongly in the free market. The less government control the better. 
 Agreement with the Fascists?
       Left--Yes
       Right----NO

• Abolition of the Congress. 

    I don't think anyone in either party is advocating the abolition of the Congress. At least anyone but the extremes of left and right.
 Agreement with the Fascists?
      Left---No
      Right--No 

• Eight Hour Work week---

     An interesting history.  Both Republicans and Democrats have contributed to the eight hour work week that is standard today. 
          On 25 June 1868, a Republican Congress passed an eight-hour law for federal employees^] which was of limited effectiveness. It established an eight-hour workday for laborers and mechanics employed by the Federal Government. President Andrew Johnson had vetoed the act but it was passed over his veto. Johnson told a Workingman's party delegation that he couldn't directly commit himself to an eight-hour day, he nevertheless told the same delegation that he greatly favored the "shortest number of hours consistent with the interests of all." According to Richard F. Selcer, however, the intentions behind the law were "immediately frustrated" as wages were cut by 20%.
     On 19 May 1869, President Ulysses Grant (a Republican) issued a National Eight Hour Law Proclamation.       In the 1912 Presidential Election Teddy Roosevelts Progressive Party (Republican by another name) campaign platform included the eight-hour work day.  The United States Adamson Act in 1916  established an eight-hour day, with additional pay for overtime, for railroad workers. This was the first federal law that regulated the hours of workers in private companies. The United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Act in Wilson v. New, 243 U.S. 332 (1917).
The eight-hour day might have been realized for many working people in the US in 1937, when what became the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S. Code Chapter 8) was first proposed under the New Deal (Dems). As enacted, the act applied to industries whose combined employment represented about twenty percent of the US labour force. In those industries, it set the maximum workweek at 40 hours, but provided that employees working beyond 40 hours a week would receive additional overtime bonus salaries.
     So both parties have contributed to this stance on labor. 
 Agreement with the Fascists?
     Left--Check
     Right---Check

• Minimum wage----

      A long history proceeds the enactment of the current minimum wage law in the United States.
      In 1933, the Roosevelt administration during the New Deal made the first attempt at establishing a national minimum wage regiment with the National Industrial Recovery Act, which set minimum wage and maximum hours on an industry and regional basis. The Supreme Court, however, in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935) ruled the act unconstitutional, and the minimum wage regulations were abolished.Two years later after President Roosevelt's overwhelming reelection in 1936 and discussion of judicial reform, the Supreme Court took up the issue of labor legislation again in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937) and upheld the constitutionality of minimum wage legislation enacted by Washington state and overturned the Adkins decision which marked the end of the Lochner era. In 1938, the minimum wage was re-established pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, this time at a uniform rate of $0.25 per hour ($4.78 in 2017 dollars. The Supreme Court upheld the Fair Labor Standards Act in United States v. Darby Lumber Co. (1941), holding that Congress had the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate employment conditions.
      The 1938 minimum wage law only applied to "employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce," but in amendments in 1961 and 1966, the federal minimum wage was extended (with slightly different rates) to employees in large retail and service enterprises, local transportation and construction, state and local government employees, as well as other smaller expansions; a grandfather clause in 1990 drew most employees into the purview of federal minimum wage policy, which now set the wage at $3.80.
    In general the Republicans were not in favor of establishing a minimum wage. They believed that the market should determine the proper wages for work done. 
Agreement with the Fascists?
      Left--Yes
      Right--No

• Worker representation in industrial management--- 

      The Liberals have championed this idea for years. The problem is, they want to force it on companies by law. Today there are many companies the have worker (Union) representation of some kind in management decisions. These are almost all brought on by settlements during negotiations of the Union during contract talks.  
     The GOP does not believe it is the role of government to dictate such a mandate to business. Again, conservatives are committed to the concept of a free market and capitalism. 
Agreement?
     Left-Yes
     Right--No

• Revision of draft law on invalidity insurance

     I'm not sure which invalidity insurance the authors were referring to (to lazy to find out) but the only non voluntary or draft on invalidity insurance, that I can think of, that applies today, is Social Security and Medicare. Although it might have meant agriculture. I also am not sure just what revision the drafters of the manifesto were thinking about, but there has been a lot of discussion about the need to revise Social Security before it goes bankrupt. Some revisions have been made but it still doesn't fix the long term problem. Both parties have kicked this can to a future generation of politicians to solve. It's, without a doubt, the third rail of American politics. The Democrats have generally fought against any revision to these two entitlements while the Republicans have not fought hard to make significant changes. If is about agriculture, the Conservatives would not be in favor of drafting farmers into mandatory insurance.
    So how to score?  Not exactly sure.
Agreement with the Fascists?
     Left-  A qualified no, Say half a no
     Right---A qualified yes, Say half a yes

 Reduction of the retirement age--- I don't think any one except the Bernie Sanders left is possibly thinking about this kind of move. With Social Security in the mess it's in there is no chance that either party, conservative or main stream liberal, would consider this move. 
Agreement with Fascists? 

            Left--No 
           Right--No

• Strong progressive tax on capital----

This is an easy one. It is part of the left's basic platform that the rich corporations should be taxed heavily so that they are "paying their fair share". Conservatives on the other hand believe that taxing capital is taking money out of the hands of investors and slows down the economy. It discourages investors and drives that money over seas. There is an old saying; Money travels well. 
Agreement with Fascists?
      Dems --Yes
      GOP--No 

• Confiscation of the Property of religious institutions-- 

I don't think either the conservatives or the liberals are advocating the confiscation of property from the religious institutions. Some however, are saying that if a religious institution gets involved with politics they should forfeit their tax exempt status. 
Agreement with Fascists?
      Dems-No
      GOP--No,sort of

• Abolishment of bishoprics---

     I'm not exactly sure what the framers of the manifesto had in mind, but I think it referred to the abolishment of organized religion.  The word has to do with the bishops, or in a broader sense any position of power. 
  Agree with the Fascists?
      Left--No
      Right--No

• Revise military contracts to seize 85% of all profits from such contracts.----

     This is an easy one.  There is no way that a conservative would consider confiscating the profits of a specific group, like military contractors. Liberals on the other hand would be glad to do that very thing through increased taxes. Especially if it could get more money for social programs from such a tax.
Agreement with the Fascists?
       Left--Yes
       Right--No   

• Short service national militia for defense---

    Not exactly sure how the authors of the manifesto meant. I think the Fascists meant that every one of military age should serve a short time in the military. Israel does that now. I can't see the liberals getting behind this kind of move, but I could see conservatives adopting something like this if conditions warranted it. Looking at what Mussolini did in Italy, it also might indicate the raising of a large standing army. 
Agree with Fascists?
     Left--No
     Right--Maybe Yes

• Nationalization of the armaments industry---

    This is a move that is right down the socialists alley, so it is very much in line with the lefts thinking. On the other hand, conservatives would fight the nationalization of any industry. They are champions of free enterprise.  
Agreement with Fascists?
     Left--Yes
     Right--No

• A foreign policy designed to be peaceful---

     This is a rather hazy goal. Do they mean that all foreign policy should be carried out without any threat of force? That is what I think it means, but as the champion of Fascism, Mussolini, showed, not all Fascists are true to the manifesto.  Trump is up front with the threat of force against the North Koreans. It seems that this tactic has brought Kim to the negotiating table. This drives the liberals wild. They are used to negotiations without such threats, which has produced no results.  
Agreement with Fascists?
     Left -Yes
     Right--No

     So what is the score?  Who lines up with the Fascist agenda better; the liberal or the conservative? It seems that liberals and the Democrats agree with the Fascists on 10 points while conservatives and the Republicans only appear to agree on 4. It follows that if anyone should be called a Fascist is should be a liberal. 
     Being clear, that doesn't mean that the agreement is right or wrong. It just shows that calling the right "Fascists" isn't consistent with what a Fascist is and what they believe. Actually when you look at it, Fascism sounds a lot like Socialism.  
    One additional observation.  If you add extreme antisemitism and the myth of Aryan superiority to the mix, you have Nazism. And, we all know where that led the world.