People are detecting so many fascists not because there are more, but because there are rewards for detecting them but not punishment for being wrong. The same thing happened with sexism and racism. "You can detect sexism in Emily Bronte? Hold my beer. I can detect sexism in Betty Friedan. " It is the Princess and the Pea again, with only a True Princess able to detect the fascism under so many mattresses. Being correct has nothing to do with it. It is not even fully an exercise in criticising one's opponents. It is a performance for one's friends, showing that you can execute a triple salchow and land it.
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