Hell hath no fury like a scorned lover of the arts.

I agree with this but I think because while basically truish fascism is so overused as a word I think many stop listening when they see it (one aspect that is not being reproduced these days is fascism was developed as a right wing populist response to socialism, but the right is not quite mobilizing a large working class base).

One description I think that aligns somewhat with our current era is “technoplatonism”, which is my own coinage but I think is not wholly original after googling. They want to create an artifical philosopher king that is commanded by a small elite of capitalists. So it has elements of fascism but it’s also a bit different, more classical in some ways. Just straight repression of the working class without inspiring or mobilizing the petite bourgeoisie in great numbers (though the artificial prominence of AI boosters on X and other digital platforms owned by the rich is one attempt at this).