Liberals completely misunderstanding leftist theory example 4269. Ur-Fascism isn't a checklist where "rate your fascist score out of 14." They are simply the aesthetics of fascism and they are important because fascism does not have a unifying theory. The point Eco was making is that fascism is inherently contradictory and nonsensical, but it can coalesce around any of these 14 aesthetics (usually more than a few).
Liberals completely misunderstanding leftist theory example 4269. Ur-Fascism isn't a checklist where "rate your fascist score out of 14." They are simply the aesthetics of fascism and they are important because fascism does not have a unifying theory. The point Eco was making is that fascism is inherently contradictory and nonsensical, but it can coalesce around any of these 14 aesthetics (usually more than a few).