I don't think you're going to get very far by 

replacing politics with questions of morality

when I studied in Rochester the fascism that was trickling down came 

from neoliberals, careerists, left postmodernists, garden variety jerks,

so-called feminists and queers ( word used in correct manner ) - who,

as members of the professional-managerial class, were unconcerned

about the people they step on, just making sure that the Reaganomics 

did not keep them out of the club

that's why I focus on the similarities and affinities between

traditional fascism and anti-liberal, anti-Marxist postmodern

theories that are anti-Enlightenment and anti-universality, 

wherein identity politics = cross-class collaboration in the

interest of upward mobility and anti-communism

this now includes: radical democracy, left populism, intersectionality, 

decoloniality, critical race theory, privilege theory, afro-pessimism, 

whiteness studies, and the like 

this is the missing link in today's discussion: how we went from

civil rights within democracy to anti-universal power politics

( a.k.a. postmodern nihilism )

by the way,

Kant defined his ethics-aesthetics as anti-social sociability

that explains why Szarkofsky … liked you so much