The 14 properties of ur-facism identified by Umberto Eco are: * The cult of tradition * The rejection of modernism * The cult of action for action’s sake * Disagreement is treason * Fear of difference * Appeal to social frustration * Obsession with a plot * The enemy is both strong and weak * Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy * Contempt for the weak * Everybody is educated to become a hero * Machismo and weapon-fetishism * Selective populism * Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak

Probably one can easily make some check boxes for various right-leaning populist governments around the globe. Eco predicts that ur-facism eventually erodes democracy and will lead to a state of constant war. Not so good prospects, at all.