What I quoted is from a couple of political science texts that I have. Puns are possible in Italian, too. The main defining characteristic of fascism is the unity of corporation and state and the policies it leads to.

To be fair to the members of the Bush administration, I doubt very seriously that any of them consider themselves to be fascists, or even treading close to fascism. Nevertheless, in the grand scheme of things, it isn't what one considers oneself to be that defines one's political position, it's what one's policies are and what one does.

Don Firth