I would be comforted to hear reasoned arguments that the situation currently bears no resemblance to the past.
Clever. So unless I conclusively show that the current era has absolutely no similarities to your vaguely-defined "past," I'm wrong. That's a lot easier for you than having to support your use of the term "fascism"... but then, you've already admitted that you're using it imprecisely, to say the least.
I am too old to learn a new [programming] language. The languages I know will suffice for now.
Understood - and incidentally, I would like fries with that, Grandpa.
I am 100% confident that in the coming years most people will WISH they had gold and quite a bit of it in their basket.
Oh... you're one of those.
A list is only as strong as its weakest link. -- Don Knuth