Political Memes

Disclaimer: not a historian. I only know enough to be dangerous.

I had a longer reply typed up, but then I blundered into this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism_in_North_America#United_States

In the 1920s, American intellectuals paid a considerable amount of attention to Mussolini's early Fascist movement in Italy, but few of them became his supporters. ...

According to Noam Chomsky, the rise of fascism raised concerns during the interwar period, but it was largely viewed positively by the U.S. and British governments, the corporate community, and a significant portion of the elite. This was because the fascist interpretation of extreme nationalism allowed for significant economic influence in the West while also destroying the left and the hated labor groups. Hitler, like Saddam Hussein, enjoyed strong British and U.S. support until his direct action, which severely damaged British and U.S. interests.[21]

My unqualified opinion is that there's still remnants of this that track with old money. If this was possible, culturally, 100 years ago, there's no reason why it can't be true today.