...on a none to ten scale? Seven ~

Considering that fascism is a racist alliance between the state and corporations, essentially a corporatocracy, then we are already there. In order to take it to Nazi levels would require a war or other extreme condition to push more draconian measures on the population at large. For now it is just a question of gathering everyone's information and modifying their behavior through mass media and social media.

Thank you for the challenge; i read through the article once . Ill be reading the article more carefully. In the meantime I'll post this:

Of course we have become a fascist society ; Obama bombed 5 nations in 1 year and more besides. His henchwoman and trigger finger Clinton was ecstatic with grinning delight at press conferences about the "Interventions.
Then there's the definition of fascism; ' . . . a government controlled by business . . . '

Didn't people used to say that ALL germans were are responsible for the policies of the 3rd reich. Ive heard that said several times;

And that was written a year ago.

We've been gradually moving into fascism ever since the 1960s. It gathered steam with Reagan's nationalism, and became a real force after the USAPATRIOT Act. But fascism requires the will of the people to really survive and prosper. tRump has a base willing to believe his lies enough to become a real problem.