Do they know that the Fascists (under Mussolini), the National Socialists (Hitler), the Peronists and the Soviets were all left wing?
The Left wing is all about totalitarian state control of wealth and wealth production - and the primacy of collective (and so-called minority) rights.
The Right wing is about having as small a state apparatus as possible. The Right wing champions the primacy of individual rights (this is the only true form of minority rights as individuals are the smallest minority of all.)
Don't fall for the Left wing's definition of fascism. If the Government controls the means of wealth production, then it is a fascist state.
Your Government is printing 75B a month and giving massive transfer payments to its political clients, while using the IRS and EPA to punish opponents of the regime.
Which is another way of saying: you are in a fascist state right now, right this minute.
(and before I get letters; I don’t believe that the UK is doing any better)