> Fascism has never in history been stopped by scholars. It is uncomfortable to directly acknowledge "what worked well."

Your comment maps precisely to: we've had zero network intrusions, why are we paying these cybersecurity professionals?

So much fascism and authoritarianism was blocked since WW2 because scholars called it out early.

Guess what scholars called out in the US in 2016, but most politicians put party over country? "We scaled back our cybersecurity professionals and saved a ton of budget! On an unrelated note, do we have data breach insurance?"

There is certainly room to punch fascists in the face when hostilities are hot. We can't start there and remain a tolerant society dealing with the paradox of tolerance. The first steps are shunning and ceasing support, isolating the infected into appropriately deprived states of resource loss, and not political violence.

There is a great case study in Daryl Davis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Davis

I agree that civil debate and cooler heads deterred and delayed fascism in many cases. I was referring specifically to when it has taken hold and needs to be stopped.

An apt comparison would be instituting mandatory cybersecurity training for employees as a direct response to a breach. That is a great step to take post-cleanup but does basically nothing to address the issue at hand.