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Originally Posted by BlackBellamy
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...that's the current political insult flavor of the day.
George Orwell wrote in 1944 that "the word 'Fascism' is almost entirely meaningless ... almost any English person would accept 'bully' as a synonym for 'Fascist'"
He was being nice. What he means is "any fucking imbecile".
Here are some tenets of fascism:
anti-conservatism
the creation of a nationalist dictatorship to regulate economic structure
the expansion of the nation into an empire
mass mobilization
So yeah, Trump is doing the opposite of that. Pro-conservatism, less regulations, pulling back troops, and none of this Fascist Kennedy Youth Corps like before from previous presidents.
You might call him authoritatian. That's his style. Our government structure is designed to deal with guys like that, it's fine. But if you call him a fascist you're just calling yourself stupid.
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I don’t think he’s a fascist, but delegitimizing the elections is more serious than his supporters will admit. I voted for him in 2016 and I regret that immensely, but I’m not particularly partisan or into rhetoric. I don’t care what he’s called, I do care that we’re seriously talking about challenging the elections using the power of the presidency and courts. That is what despots do, and I guess you guys forgot, but we REGULARLY switch parties every 8 years. We have to be OK with people with whom we disagree being in government. Honestly, doesn’t it in theory keep us honest? I say in theory, because I do think now it’s time third and fourth parties be empowered to challenge the two party duopoly. Too many corporate interests keeping good ideas from making it into serious debate