Really liked the post ... but it got me thinking about the following: You said that you don't know whether Trump is a fascist or not. While that is literally true in the sense that nobody can see the inner life of another human, I think (following up on your posto) that it is reasonable to infer a person's beliefs from the company they k…
Really liked the post ... but it got me thinking about the following: You said that you don't know whether Trump is a fascist or not. While that is literally true in the sense that nobody can see the inner life of another human, I think (following up on your posto) that it is reasonable to infer a person's beliefs from the company they keep ... AND ... from their (repeated) words and actions. On this basis, I feel comfortable calling Trump authoritarian and antidemocratic. His emphasis on demonizing outsiders and his emotional, visceral appeals to the most base form of nationalism is also consistent with being a fascist. At the end of the day, I don't even know how much it matters if you use the term or not ... focus on his actions and statements.
Really liked the post ... but it got me thinking about the following: You said that you don't know whether Trump is a fascist or not. While that is literally true in the sense that nobody can see the inner life of another human, I think (following up on your posto) that it is reasonable to infer a person's beliefs from the company they keep ... AND ... from their (repeated) words and actions. On this basis, I feel comfortable calling Trump authoritarian and antidemocratic. His emphasis on demonizing outsiders and his emotional, visceral appeals to the most base form of nationalism is also consistent with being a fascist. At the end of the day, I don't even know how much it matters if you use the term or not ... focus on his actions and statements.