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Doesn't fascism require a strong man leader?
I'm all for calling out destructive ideologies but if we call everything fascism then it's really going to dilute the power of the term.
Fascists typically believe in strongman leadership, but you don't have to swear allegiance to a specific strongman to be a fascist.
Eco-fascists, in particular, want a Pol Pot-style dictator, someone who will ignore laws, human rights, and common decency, in order to drastically reduce the human population and force the survivors into low-tech subsistence farming. Last I checked, no one like that is anywhere near power anywhere in the world, but that doesn't make eco-fascists any less fascist for it.