Are we neo-fascists, not in the hyperbole sense, but actually?

Fascism is not an economic system. The /fasces/ the Roman symbol of the right to rule - a bundle of rods around an axe, symbolizing both corporal and capital punishment - was not /collectivist/ at all, but a symbol of authority. And, fascists /are/ profoundly authoritarian, aren't they.

Not that Fascism isn't collectivist, though. It's just collectivist for the benefit of the state on the basis of a national myth, rather than on the basis of forced egalitarianism, like socialist collectivism.

We were not headed for Fascism under Bush, and certainly aren't headed that way under Obama. Fascism places the state or nation, generally an idealized, mythic 'nation' that might be a race or history rather than an actual place physically defined by borders, above the individual. Since 9/11, there has been some reflexive patriotism, but it never came anywhere near the zeal required to fuel fascism, and, it's largely run it's course. The current trend now is back to borderline open anti-americanism. Not a firm foundation for fascism. Just fine for socialism, though - be it revolutionary or 'democratic.'

No, fascism is an extreme reich-wing system, a government of, by, and for the military and corporate pigs. Any "socialism" it has is reich-wing National Socialism, with most of the benefits going to corporate welfare queens. The nationalist part of it says things like "You're either with us or against us" and "If you don't support the war and the commander, you don't support the troops" and "Love it or leave it."