And the term originated with Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler.
I see people call things fascists today while they themselves act more like the fascists.
Was/is fascism a real thing? Definitely. Yet it is more than disagreeing with a person. It encompassed specific approaches to dealing with people. Each case had its equivalent of brown shirts in those three historical precedents.
As to the others I haven't studied them to know if they did as well. I also don't know if they are truly fascist or not without looking into them.
I do know the so-called anti-fascists we have in the U.S. act more like brownshirts and fascists than anyone else in our nation. They do everything they can to silence free speech, they advocate violence to do it. They believe they are fighting fascism, but sadly most of them don't know much about actual fascism.
Could this be the case in your other examples? I don't know since I haven't looked into those particular examples. I looked into the three progenitor cases.
Typically it is government run by the corporations. Yet, people naively believe socialism avoids this. Instead it grants monopoly on a grand scale. It is essentially corporations with guaranteed no-bid contracts. Fascists LOVE socialism. They don't like free market though. Thus, why they do what they can to make certain it is not free and is in their control.
The three wealthiest people in the U.S. lately have been pushing massive amounts of socialist drivel. Much like the Nazis did.
People think the ideas are great when they don't have to think about the fact they have to steal from people to push these agendas.
RE: Is it truly "progressive" when the negative things are simply pushed into ghettos and ignored while virtue signalling about other things?