The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[Belacqua]

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.

So Democrats are non-fascist by definition, not according to what they do? 

So they would allow free and fair primary elections. They wouldn't conspire with social media moguls to police what we can say on line. They wouldn't lie through their teeth to justify war. They wouldn't instigate a coup in another country in order to control that country's government. They wouldn't use US intelligence officials to lie in order to influence a US election.

Well, since you say they're nice folks, maybe they'll stop doing those things.