There has been a rash of articles lately about how tyranny and fascism in the 21st century doesn't look like that of in the 20th. No grinning thugs standing on balconies yelling at cheering crowds, no brownshirts in the streets beating on communists and Jews, no militaristic rallies. It's all "competitive authoritarianism", legitimate elections and soft coercion of institutions now, we are told.

This last week in California we see: Marines and national guard deployed against civilians in California. A senator assaulted by Federal security and handcuffed when trying to ask a question of the administration's PR person. The biggest military parade in US history. 

Tell me again how fascism in the 21st century is so different.