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[–] officermike@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (10 children)

The word "fascism" had been used a lot in regards to Trump - not because it's a go-to insult, but because Trump is meeting every characteristic of the word.

Per 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.

  • Dictatorial/autocratic: Issues a flood of executive orders and works through Elon to exercise singular executive power with zero regard for Constitutionality and separation of powers.
  • Militarism: Threatens land grabs/annexations of Canada, Greenland, Panama, Gaza
  • Forcible suppression of opposition: Lawsuits/investigations/threats against media companies that say things that hurt his feelings
  • Belief in a natural social hierarchy: lifelong history of public racist and misogynistic comments
  • Subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race: suppression of transgenderism, everything DOGE is shredding, abolition of CFPB, OSHA, etc.
  • Strong regimentation of society and the economy: extreme censorship, immediate blame of disasters on DEI (even if only white, cisgender, qualified men were involved see DC airliner/heli crash), tariffs (and threats thereof), intent on destroying the renewable energy sector and forcing fossil fuels
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