"Fascism" is a specific reference, yes, but it's generally accepted as a term with wider applications. I think what you're objecting to is the way in which the term is often misused, and I agree with you. It does get thrown around a lot by people who want it to mean anything they disagree with politically. Teachers tell their students to quiet down in the classroom and they get called fascists.
At any rate, it was probably useless to make the comment I made. (Perhaps worse than useless, as Jon has smelled something bad.) I'm not saying these bands are promoting fascism in one form or another. Rather, they open the door for unsavory influences beyond the music industry. Rock and roll has institutionalized rebellion to the point where it is controllable by "other" forces.
It's a proof's-in-the-pudding argument. We are now in the fourth or fifth generation of institutionalized, sanctioned rebellion. The ideas and attitudes of rock and roll have permeated every corner of society in America and the United Kingdom, and lots of other nations. So it's interesting to think about the following question: what sort of governments do we have?
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...Vice-Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander of the US Fifth Fleet, and a distinguished Naval Aviator. He was addressing the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation shortly before the first cruise missiles were fired [into Iraq], on March 20th.
He said, apparently borrowing a phrase from MC Hammer, the pop singer [as noted in the Detroit News]:
"Make no mistake, when the President says `Go', look out, it's hammer time. OK, it is hammer time".
Vice-Admiral Keating also said:
“We are going to make the world safer for our children and our grandchildren. There is a good reason for it. It is to save lives – your lives.
… you are dying to get home, as soon as the old man will let you go home.
We have done everything we can to avoid war. We are now going to do everything we can to win war. If and when he tells us to go. Stay ready. The President is counting on you.
Mr. President, the men and women of the Connie Battle Group are by God ready”.
Ironically it was reported that ship's loudspeakers at some point played the Queen song “We Will Rock You”.