Growing out of liberalism, the logic of fascism retains and depends on the legitimacy of the prior liberal state while undermining the independence of its institutions and re-purposing them for new ends. Fascists need to make a thousand tiny changes, each time following the rules of the liberal institutions until they Ship of Theseus our society out from under us. And all the while, they need everyone to go along with it because they're the legitimate power and, after all, they're only following the rules.

This is not a groundbreaking analysis. We learn this in High School.

So it's real fucking annoying when I ask in pre-shift "What are we gonna do when la migra comes for the kitchen?" and the Clinton-Democrat bartender replies: "We comply. That's the only option."

Edit to add hashtags: #liberalism #fascism