Donald Trump and the 14 signs of Fascism
Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:
Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - "Make America Great Again!"
Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Donald's open sanctioning of torture
Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - Muslims or Mexicans take your pick.
Supremacy of the Military - N/A
Rampant Sexism - Donald's sexism is a matter of public record
Controlled Mass Media - Donald is advocating being able to sue any media outlet that writes something bad about him.
Obsession with National Security - Donald has played the terrorism card over and over again.
Religion and Government are Intertwined - Donald frequently questions the faith of his opponents and has even had a fight with the Pope over faith.
Corporate Power is Protected - One look at Donald's economic plans will show you that.
Labor Power is Suppressed - Donald favors taking down the unions.
Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - In fairness Donald shows a lot of disdain these are just among them
Obsession with Crime and Punishment - A major part of his campaign
Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - See Muller Report
Fraudulent Elections - Donald hasn't directly been involved but his party is frequently responsible for fraudulent elections and stealing voter's rights.
And yet in the end, nah he's not a fascist. People need to stop striping these words of all meaning. They've already done it to the word "nazi".
And to those who are gonna try to get into a huge argument trying to claim he's a fascist: this ain't the hill to die on. Don't do it, do not fall into the trap of getting utterly hysterical over this man. These words will absolutely fall on deaf ears cuz Trump Derangement Syndrome is rampant here, but I thought I'd put them out there nonetheless.
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Not sure I even agree that corporate power being protected is part of a fascist state as unregulated powerful private corporations could rival a government in terms of economic and cultural influence. Not something a fascist government could tolerate
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The 1983 American Heritage Dictionary defined fascism as: “A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism.” ... In other words, fascism is corporate government – a Libertarian's wet dream.
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KEK what? You're conflating fascism with libertarianism now? You do realize they have diametrically opposed sets of principles right...?
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That's kinda dishonest though, because let's be real the economic policy of fascists is really the last thing people care about when it comes to fascism or the alt-right.
In fact the alt-right is rather divided on their economic policy. You have Richard Spencer types whose stance on healthcare honestly looks more like the democrats than the republicans, and you have alt-right economic libertarianesque types.
I'm not at all a fan though of playing the kind of game where you draw some guilt by association to any political stance held by the alt-right and use it to castigate the non-white supremacists who hold some degree of overlap with them on the non-racist things. I think that's bullshit tbh.
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That is until you want to pretend that libertarian is code speak for alt-right (neo-nazi!) Zomg who knew alt-righters are the new libertarian movement!
It's good you didn't actually trigger anyone. Learn what words mean though.
Bingo.
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Clearly diametrically opposed principles.
Someone who is alt-right may hold those points of view, but that doesn't mean they are "alt-right" points of view in and of themselves when there is justification for those perspectives from a different set of principles to the ones the alt-right hold.
Hmmm... so the article you linked said that left-wingers can defect as well? And that segments of the alt-right are more similar to the democrats economically?
More about how the underlying philosophies of libertarianism are different from those of fascism despite some policy agreement.
You are trying to poison the well of anyone on the right by suggesting virtually every form of being right-wing is a "gateway drug" to the alt-right as an excuse to dismiss right-wing talking points, regardless of whether or not they actually come from the alt-right. It's your excuse to call anyone on the right dangerous, or assume that they're racist, or otherwise judge people who believe in individualism and liberty by the views of those who do not.
The article doesn't even prove what you wanted it to prove, and that's the funny thing.
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At this point it's best to just assume anyone 1 centimeter to the right of marx is a fascist.
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