Is it just me or does everybody, and I mean everybody minus a few intelligent professors or the odd historian throw around the word 'Fascism' like they know what they are talking about? Bullshit like "America is a Fascist state", and "Corperate Fascists" <-- this one here is an oxymoron. It kind of bothers me, especially to, when people consider any random dictatorship or agressive country a Fascist state. Then again, I can't expect much from people... I'd love to bitch and cry and moan and whine --- but Conan O'brien is on.. you are all saved from useless bullshit!
HOWEVER! Just when you thought you could get away with it! I'm going to let Wikipedia do the talking while I watch Conan bullshit! Surprising, Wikipedia is actually unbiased for the most part when it came to Fascism, instead of other definitions saying: "Nazi-authoritarian racist greedy greedy bad bad bad government!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_%28epithet%29 and if you're interested in learning on Fascism (as a whole) in a semi-unbiased few articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism