In the "Republican Fascism" thread, wolf_brother said the notion that a dictatorial regime could not ever come to power in the United States was "American exceptionalism."
I pointed out that the abuses Warsie pointed out took place a long time ago, in a different cultural context, and that his (and JaneStillman's) scenario of the Republicans using the militia movement to stage an alternate-9/11 and as a freikorps-like enforcer gang was ludicrous.
My argument is that American fascism is lot less likely the further after the 1960s you get. I suggested if you wanted American fascism, the best time was the 1930s, even though the Business Plot in and of itself is rather dubious.
What do you all think?