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Fascinating stuff. As ever, the answer is "it's complicated". We can see Trump adopting (presumably unconsciously) some of the tropes of fascism; the business w
by ranko 11y ago
Fascinating stuff. As ever, the answer is "it's complicated". We can see Trump adopting (presumably unconsciously) some of the tropes of fascism; the business with the plane, for example. This doesn't, of course, make him a fascist in itself.
I suspect that he would qualify as an authoritarian nationalist on some level, but whether he is interested in the kind of martial law usually associated with fascism seems less certain to me.
- codesushi42 11y agoThe plane example was a weak cherry pick in a weak article overall. Trump is a bigot, but it's too early to say whether he's a fascist. FDR forced Japanese citizens into internment camps, but history does not remember him as a fascist. I'm not being an apologist for Trump's comments. But they're just not enough to classify him as a fascist. If he advocates for more foreign wars, additions to the Patriot Act, or nationalizing entire industries, then we're getting warmer. Though, maybe he can claim one or two of those.