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> a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centra

> a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition. Lets take Trump, since you asked for a specific example. Certainly this criteria applies to Trumpists be definition, libs of TT, etc: [x] America first (nationalism) [x] Attempts to discredit elections and strong arm state officials (centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader) [x] Build the wall (severe economic and social regimentation, racist) [x] Muslim ban (severe economic and social regimentation, racist) [x] Undermining the free press (forcible suppression of opposition) [x] January 6th (forcible suppression of opposition) [x] Telling the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by...Somebody's got to do something about antifa and the left" (forcible suppression of opposition, racist)

theonething 4y ago
Pretty hyperbolic. When I think of a dictatorial leader, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pol Pot, NK's Kims, Putin come to mind.[0] Did Trump (or any US leadership past or present) wield that kind of violent and absolute power over government and people? > severe economic and social regimentation Again, I think of NK, China's treatment of Uighurs, their Covid lockdown policy, etc. The left and right have different ideas on what is good for the nation and they have some commonalities too. I think this is healthy. What's not healthy is demonizing the other side because of different perspectives and beliefs. Ironically, this demonizing of other groups is actually more akin to fascism (not calling anyone fascist, just pointing out the irony in this case) as that is the strategy used against the opposition by real fascists. E.g. Hitler towards Jews. On Reddit, the language used against anyone not aligning with the Left is downright scary and dehumanizing. [1] [0] Dictator: a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force. [1] See r/politics

theonething 4y ago

Pretty hyperbolic. When I think of a dictatorial leader, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pol Pot, NK's Kims, Putin come to mind.[0] Did Trump (or any US leadership past or present) wield that kind of violent and absolute power over government and people? > severe economic and social regimentation Again, I think of NK, China's treatment of Uighurs, their Covid lockdown policy, etc. The left and right have different ideas on what is good for the nation and they have some commonalities too. I think this is healthy. What's not healthy is demonizing the other side because of different perspectives and beliefs. Ironically, this demonizing of other groups is actually more akin to fascism (not calling anyone fascist, just pointing out the irony in this case) as that is the strategy used against the opposition by real fascists. E.g. Hitler towards Jews. On Reddit, the language used against anyone not aligning with the Left is downright scary and dehumanizing. [1] [0] Dictator: a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force. [1] See r/politics