one thing I've noticed all fascists have in common is this belief that the other side won't fight back.
-recent example would be putin expecting the ukraine war to be a pushover that would last maybe a day or so, because he didn't think the ukrainians would put up a fight.
-trump, before election, famously said he would "make mexico pay" for "the wall"- and his bright idea to make this happen was to charge higher on exports to mexico. mexico immediately retaliated by charging more for their exports to the US. everything suddenly cost more and the US ended up paying for the wall.
-I read a few years ago, when the US evacuated afghanistan, an internet comment by a random fascist who said if they were in that situation they would just "simply" go to afghanistan, shoot all the afghans, and rescue all the americans. and it's like yeah try that, because you would get shot the minute you tried to start firing but I digress
-elon musk upon taking over twitter operates under the belief that not only will all the users stay exactly where they are, but also pay money to keep using the site. instead, users made an exodus elsewhere
....fascists are solipsists who don't believe anyone else is alive, and this is one of their core personality traits across the board (see also the "NPC" meme, where they outright state they do not believe anyone else is truly alive)