Fascict pop music?

[mangeorge]

From m-w:

Main Entry: fas·cism
Pronunciation: 'fa-"shi-z&m also 'fa-"si-
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces
1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

From the novel Odd Thomas, by Dean Koontz:
Terri, speaking of one reason she is obsessed with Elvis Presley, says in part;

By the time he died, most pop songs had become, usually without the conscious intention of those who wrote and sang them, anthems endorsing the values of fascism, which remains the case to this day today.

Really? How so?
I know she’s just a fictional character, but the sentiment had to come from somewhere. Is it simply another tiresome intellectual bon mot?

[Jonathan_Chance]

They could easily be riffing on Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ which has long been a sort of flash point for fascism (no kidding) in it’s unifying theme.

Really, no kidding.