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by frm88
105 days ago
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"Exalts the Nation and Often Race Above the Individual Donald Trump claims immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our nation,” a turn of phrase used by Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf... Associated with a Centralized Autocratic Government Headed by a Dictatorial Leader This one is almost too easy: Trump says, “‘You’re not going to be a dictator are you?’ I said ‘No, no, no, other than day one.”... Severe Economic and Social Regimentation Did we mention the “largest deportation operation in American history“? And promises to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798... Forcible Suppression of Opposition This is by far the most important component of the definition and the one that is the easiest to document in Trump’s own words... " Bret Deveraux, American historian, October 25, 2024 https://acoup.blog/2024/10/25/new-acquisitions-1933-and-the-... It's a long blog post and the definitions are more detailed (hence the ellipses) and compared to Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism. Worth a read, paticularly if you are in search of definitions and examples. |
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But to be clear, what was I asking these interlocutors for was their definitions of fascism that back up the argument that trumpism is not fascism. So far the only answer I have gotten is "There is no definition of fascism that has meaning anymore" which is obviously nonsensical in the context of both Deveraux's and Doctorow's posts using the term productively.