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yah, that's a political (and politicized) assertion. you also don't get to define terms only to your convenience, without consideration for the long arc of hist

yah, that's a political (and politicized) assertion. you also don't get to define terms only to your convenience, without consideration for the long arc of history and the breadth of the world's imagination. > "At the end of the day, Trump is a classic fascist, and his supporters are supporting fascism." impulsive statements like this reveal the limitations of that kind of rigid thinking. trump isn't a fascist, he's a self-centrist. he's one of the simplest human beings to understand because of this. politicized projections such as yours are overfitted at best, and completely unfitted in most cases, as in this case.

vinceguidry 6y ago
> he's a self-centrist Those are the very same thing. A fascist does not care about anything other than personal power. All philosophies and ideology are superfluous. Fascists run on the very basic political premise of "you like me, elect me and let me run things because you like me and you'll like what I want to do." That's the core message, anything else is pointless to understanding. That's what fascism is. I'm not misunderstanding Trumpism, I'm giving it the same name everybody else who understands political history and theory gives it. Everything people like about Trump, are the same things that cause people to put fascists in power. Have a look at this explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M6CXhUS-x8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M6CXhUS-x8 Fascism isn't some long slow slide down to Nazi Germany that Americans seem to think of when they consider the term. The Nazis are the most visible and publicly know version of fascism, but countless others throughout history, in Europe, Latin America, Africa, have managed to subvert the mechanisms of their republics using the tactics of populism to put themselves in power, unaccountable to any sort of checks.
- nl 6y ago
  > A fascist does not care about anything other than personal power This isn't a widely accepted definition of fascism. There are plenty of left-wing dictators who fit this definition and weren't fascists.
  - vinceguidry 6y ago
    If they're a leftist, then they're interested in devolving power to the people. Hitler at one point ran on a leftist platform, his party was called a socialist one after all. His, tactics, however, were those of fascist demagoguery. Fascists can use whatever political posture they want or switch around their posture to suit them, because what they derive power and influence is, isn't adherence to any creed. This is what makes them so dangerous.
    - vinceguidry 6y ago
      I don't know who is downvoting every single one of my posts in this thread but they really would be better served engaging. Check my karma, I got plenty to lose :-)
    - vinceguidry 6y ago
      Oh he mad. :-)

vinceguidry 6y ago

> he's a self-centrist Those are the very same thing. A fascist does not care about anything other than personal power. All philosophies and ideology are superfluous. Fascists run on the very basic political premise of "you like me, elect me and let me run things because you like me and you'll like what I want to do." That's the core message, anything else is pointless to understanding. That's what fascism is. I'm not misunderstanding Trumpism, I'm giving it the same name everybody else who understands political history and theory gives it. Everything people like about Trump, are the same things that cause people to put fascists in power. Have a look at this explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M6CXhUS-x8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M6CXhUS-x8 Fascism isn't some long slow slide down to Nazi Germany that Americans seem to think of when they consider the term. The Nazis are the most visible and publicly know version of fascism, but countless others throughout history, in Europe, Latin America, Africa, have managed to subvert the mechanisms of their republics using the tactics of populism to put themselves in power, unaccountable to any sort of checks.

nl 6y ago
> A fascist does not care about anything other than personal power This isn't a widely accepted definition of fascism. There are plenty of left-wing dictators who fit this definition and weren't fascists.
- vinceguidry 6y ago
  If they're a leftist, then they're interested in devolving power to the people. Hitler at one point ran on a leftist platform, his party was called a socialist one after all. His, tactics, however, were those of fascist demagoguery. Fascists can use whatever political posture they want or switch around their posture to suit them, because what they derive power and influence is, isn't adherence to any creed. This is what makes them so dangerous.
  - vinceguidry 6y ago
    I don't know who is downvoting every single one of my posts in this thread but they really would be better served engaging. Check my karma, I got plenty to lose :-)
  - vinceguidry 6y ago
    Oh he mad. :-)