RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
February 13, 2025 at 2:52 am
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2025 at 3:43 am by Alan V.)
(February 13, 2025 at 12:05 am)Belacqua Wrote:(February 12, 2025 at 10:34 pm)Alan V Wrote: I believe I called Trump and Musk fascists. Why other Republicans support them is beyond me.
From Wikipedia: "Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy. Opposed to anarchism, democracy, pluralism, egalitarianism, liberalism, socialism, and Marxism, fascism is at the far right of the traditional left–right spectrum."
They don't check all of the boxes (yet) but they are moving in that direction.
Yes, Trump and Musk are moving toward fascism. So are the Democrats.
By definition, that is not true. You need to use another word if you think some Democrats are extremists. Democrats are not opposed to democracy, pluralism, egalitarianism, and even socialism in many cases, though few are anarchists or Marxists.
My main point is that Trump and Musk are now undermining Democratic institutions because of their authoritarian leanings. They are trying to purge Democrats from the government and Democratic initiatives from the laws and replace them with Trump loyalists and preferences. It is Trump's threatened revenge. Were Democrats ever doing anything similar, or were they in fact trying to apply the laws for accountability (as they should)? It is not "mere politics" if they were working within the laws.
If Trump wants to change the government, there are legal ways to do it without eroding or overturning Democratic institutions.
