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Re: With The Impeachment Hoax Doomed & Trump About To Win A Second Term, How Will The Democrats Resp
Trump is, as was Hitler, a rabble rousing iconoclast. If he existed in a fledgling democracy he could well end up a dictator. The hallmarks are there. A minority scapegoat, a coterie of sycophants, to mention a few. Thank god we are not a fledgling democracy! The courts, congress, and our cherished institutions are the bulwark against the worst of Trumps excesses, and the ballot box will put an end to him.
Imagine that, a rightie blaming schools. When I think of fascism, it is most CERTAINLY with some context of history. The schools didn't fail me, I came out of there refusing to box up my opinions in neat packages for easy denial. I learned enough from the soft-sold American story to know there is a dark heart that is defended, mostly, by the right wing today. It must especially be a point of privilege to make the same mistakes that fascist assholes from the past made and pretend you're something new. To your victims, the name is unimportant.
Fascism is marked by its privilege for a few with money being directly represented in the government, its demonization of one or more minorities, its authoritarianism and violence. I use it as freely as when democrats are called "socialists" by conservatives or by themselves, because they want to regulate and control the money. It's really just two sides of the same political coin. Property rights verses human rights. Blah blah blah. When humans have too many rights, there ceases to be property. When property rights are taken to their full potential, there ceases to be anything human. We become a commodity. It's an easy choice, especially for the poor.
You're right that many Americans have no concept of what fascism is. They think THEY invented the goose step. No, the American right is just doing what the undeserving of wealth and power have always done. Abuse it. That abuse is the foundation upon which fascism, and crony capitalism (republicanism) rely. Deny if you like. I know what time it is.
Trump is, as was Hitler, a rabble rousing iconoclast. If he existed in a fledgling democracy he could well end up a dictator. The hallmarks are there. A minority scapegoat, a coterie of sycophants, to mention a few. Thank god we are not a fledgling democracy! The courts, congress, and our cherished institutions are the bulwark against the worst of Trumps excesses, and the ballot box will put an end to him.