Interesting read that helps with some context on current usage. It seems like everyone who wants to disparage their enemy applies the term now, but the historical meaning was mostly ‘Nazis, and those like them.’ Certainly contempt for democracy and the appetite to use violence to assert control appear to be common characteristics.

I didn’t read the article as I’m far more worried about the future of Nazism / totalitarianism in the US. (Yes, I do realise you must understand the past to make sense of the future)