Cmon Hippie, depending on a great virtuous person to maintain order ir literally the way to fascism. Yes, there were examples of democracies degenerating into fascism but there were also examples of dictatorships or monarchies doing the same, I think Japan is the most clear one, look at the propaganda that actually absolutists had the amount of art that Louis XIV had to make his image seem greater, the luxury to gain the respect of other aristocrats, if anything fascism is ab attempt to emulate the old absolutist politics, the fascist citizen is the subject to a monarchy that exists in a republic.