I hope you're right, but we can't even get our fellow citizens to vote against fascism. Now some are expecting these same people to protest, engage in economic boycotts, risk their livelihoods by staying home from their jobs, and more!?
I dunno, I'd rather rip the bandaid off, because keep going down the "slow decay" route just means we kept strengthening the machine that is bringing us fascism, making it a more solidly in place system...
But you're right: Fast descent to fascism, or slow descent. But, a fascist was the only options presented.