More or less explained in the article.  Did you read it? Here's some more on the topic: Why Modern Liberalism Is Fascism In Disguise Barack Obama, the Quintessential Liberal Fascist The term 'Liberal Fascism' was coined by Jonah Goldberg in his book of the same name.  Jonah used to be a conservative libertarian, but lately has moved (back?) to the dark side.  You can find quite a few interesting articles at his blog which ran for two years in 2008-2009.