Leftist in this country throughout history have loved the idea of Fascism in America. From Woodrow Wilson to FDR. Being a progressive at the core is embracing the command and control aspects of fascism. Only recently have the young leftist adopted communism as their desired system however when you break down their end game and motives it's nothing more than Italian fascism that FDR so loved and admired.
A wonderful book called the Three New Deals released in the early 2000's went into great detail over how the new deal was nothing short of Fascism and how the press in Germany praised America's adoption of the National Socialist aspects throughout his social and economic policies. The modern day left have not changed, they've just succeeded in lying to themselves.