'fascism' label is easy but that is simplification by 300% in most of the times; thats why this term has so much explanations - which are very very different to each other!
That's what my post says, exactly. I quote the only leader who ever called himself a fascist, Mussolini. And I quote the man Mussolini quoted, Giovanni Gentile. These people called themselves fascists. They founded the fascist ideology and they defined fascism. I label no one else a fascist, nor do I attempt a definition. I leave it to people to decide if any government fits the terms described by Mussolini and Gentile.
I was trained in history (undergrad...not grad.) I'm a skeptic. I don't throw labels around. If Mussolini says it's fascist, well, he should know :))