Christian fascism (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the warning of a Harvard divine who had worked in Bonhoeffer's anti-Nazi underground and saw parallels in America's mobilized religious right.

Eternal fascism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Umberto Eco's list of recurring traits, like the cult of tradition, from which fascism can reassemble itself.

Eternal fascism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a set of features typical to and around which fascism coagulates, including a cult of tradition, a rejection of modernism, a cult of action, an emphasis on distinctions and disagreement as well as on individual or social frustration. It focuses on the country as the sole privilege of the deprived, must feel humiliated by the wealth of their enemies, believe that life is a lived struggle, have contempt for the weak and adoration for the hero, and must transfer also to sexual matters and machismo,

A Fascist shift (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠when a fascist uses the law to shut down the law.

Friendly fascism (n.) needs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an honest, charismatic believer who can take a society's simmering fear and anger and turn it from its real causes onto easy targets.