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Why do you call Trump fascist? Only three reasons - you are ignorant about what fascism is, you think your audience is ignorant about what fascism is, you think
by ReptileMan 1y ago
Why do you call Trump fascist? Only three reasons - you are ignorant about what fascism is, you think your audience is ignorant about what fascism is, you think that authoritarian has more syllables than they are usually used to wielding. Even calling him Nazi - although blatantly wrong will be less wrong than fascist.
Trump is authoritarian probably mildly right wing if you base it on the assumption that he has some form of coherent ideology aside from "Trump is the center of the universe". He doesn't believe in white supremacy, he believes in Trump supremacy, he doesn't believe in American greatness, he believes in Trump greatness. There is not belief in him for something greater than himself - unlike Hitler, Franco, Pinochet, Il Duce, Stalin or Mao.
Don't complicate things too much. Trump's ideology is a mix between Trump uber alles and What is good for Trump is good for america.