“Fascism
originates from aggressive Nationalism and massive intolerance for minorities.”
Origin by Dan Brown.
A dictionary
definition of Fascism:
A form of
radical authoritarian nationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible
suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce.
Nazism was a
German form of Fascism that emerged in the 1920.
The New Your Review of Books, June 28, publishes a review of a books
on Nazi Germany, titled It Can Happen Here. It is
a fairly easy reach to make a comparison to the U.S. under the Trump
administration.
The premise
of the piece is that during the Hitler years Germany was a nation gone
mad. It wasn’t a tyrannical few at the
top, but a mass movement – a willingness of people to be governed by
surprise.
Nazis
attacked freedom of speech, treated critics as enemies of the state, they
dissolved the checks and balances of government branches, they vilified
newspapers using the term (Lugenpresse)
lying press and they waged a constant
attack on Jews and Romany declaring them morally degenerate.
The atrocities
of the Nazi era is the brush Hitler has been painted with; but he was actually
an avatar of the people who enthusiastically supported him.
Nazism was a
movement of the people - of “aggressive nationalism and massive intolerance for
minorities.” This is also the mantra of the Republican
Party base.
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| You can bet your ass this man voted for Trump. |
It can’t
happen here?
The Ol’Buzzard
I believe that the USA has been in serious peril since the rise of the neo-conservative movement that elected Ronald Reagan. Every Republican government since then has furthered the downward spiral into fascism, as far as I can see. The neo-cons have been patiently destabilizing and undermining American democracy ever since, in order to line their own pockets and ultimately get their hands on authoritarian power. Trump is just the buffoonish curent front man.
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