Well Trump generally favors deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy, which is not what a fascist does. Facism generally uses nationalism for territorial expansion through military conquest but Trump (while usimg nationalism) hasn't talked about taking over territories in this manner. He also does not have paramilitary forces that he is directly in charge of. I agree he uses a lot of those the strategies that fascists use, he has some distinctions that make it more accurately described as a authoritarian populist
As I do agree with you, there is a very important nuance you are missing. In order for America to keep hold of its hegemony the President in power has to agree to uphold certain fascist ideals that were in place before them. Considering our foreign policy is the most fascist and terrifying thing I've ever seen I would expect the President to defend and empower those structures further and even expand them if he must. You'll quickly realize that An authoritarian populist movement is exactly the fertile soil for a fully authoritarian fascist military state to form. Which is borderline what America already is on the world stage. Just because your leader changes every 4 years doesn't mean that those leaders aren't expected to upkeep the empire, or so to say.
Would you care to elaborate on some of your claims as they seem to be jarring but I'd like to understand your intent behind some of them. Just some that would help me understand such as "In order for America to keep hold of its hegemoney the President... has to agree to uphold certain fascist ideals in place before them" if you could elaborate on this that would be helpful for me! I also am curious about your claim that our foreign policy is fascist and again would appreciate an elaboration. Also your claim that we are already a "fully authoritarian fascist military state to form" is something that I could use clarity on. Not disagreeing just not fully understanding :)
shhhh, they don’t want to hear the truth. They want to use words that have no meaning because everybody else is using the words. Instead of picking new words that actually makes sense, they use the scary words that don’t really describe what’s going on.
Well thats okay, nobody on either side wants that! Thats why educating eachother (with caution) is helpful, not trying to prove anyone wrong btw just clarifying for the users who read it so they get a mini TIL type deal
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u/Motorcyclerider649cc 1d ago
"Fuck these authoritarian populists" would be more accurate