Nyal Williams wrote:

Hair splitting is entirely in order. You are right
that fascism is a necessary part of communism, but
you can certainly have fascism without communism.

Certainly, and I never claimed otherwise.

You are getting it right now out of TSA.

The bureaucratic aspects of this TSA lark strike me as
a common trait with some of the former (fortunately)
communist systems, hence that comparison is valid
too, as well as the fascist one.
CV