What are the features of fascism?

Fascist regimes have these seven characteristics:

• Usurpation: The state overtakes and merges with corporate power and sometimes the church.
• Nationalism: Leaders appeal to a nostalgic wish to return to an earlier golden age. That can include a return to a simple, virtuous pastoral life. 
• Militarism: Leaders glorify military strength through propaganda.
• Father figure: A leader assumes the role of the father of the nation. He creates a cult status as a "dauntless ruler beholden to no one."
• Mass appeal: A leader claims that the people, manifested as the state, can achieve anything. If they don't succeed, it's because of naysayers, minority groups, and saboteurs.
• Government surveillance: The government takes an active role in suppressing dissent. It rewards people who report on each other.
• Persecution: The state violently persecutes minority groups and opponents.