I agree - the current form of government can best be described as fascist in the sense that it seems to control the culture as well as the economy as well as the military and so on. There are classically 4 non-governmental estates of the state: industry, media, church, military. Fascism is the state control of any of these estates. It is a form of populist government that seeks to use force to control components of society that expand beyond the government. Socialism is a special subclass of fascism where the state controls just the industry. Communism is a special subclass of socialism where the state actually owns the industry.