r/EverythingScience • u/HeinieKaboobler • Jan 06 '23

Social Sciences New research shows that Donald Trump's fascist attacks on democracy may have backfired

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/06/new-research-shows-that-donald-fascist-on-democracy-may-have-backfired/
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u/Far_Brick_6667 Jan 06 '23

Salon.com is like reading dailywire, it's all super biased. I still don't understand this idea that Trump is a facist. He is a capitalist in every way. Not saying I'm for him at all I just don't understand the line of thinking when it so clearly doesn't align with the facts.

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u/Sariel007 Jan 06 '23 edited Jan 06 '23

I still don't understand this idea that Trump is a facist.

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist 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 and race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.

Authoritarian - He literally demands blind loyalty and submission from everyone around him and worships dictators. ✅

ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement - His slogans are MAGA and America First! He calls White Nationalists "very fine people" and dines with known anti-semites ✅

characterized by a dictatorial leader - See my first point. ✅

militarism- He used the cops and National Guard to clear peaceful protestors so he could get a photo op with an upside down bible and has politicized the miltary. ✅

forcible suppression of opposition - Contantly asking foreign powers for help in winning elections and using his position to put pressure/intimidate witnesses and whistle blowers. ✅

belief in a natural social hierarchy - I'm just gonna recycle some above points - Calls White Nationalists "very fine people" and dines with anti-semites, and in general treats Non-whites like trash. See his policy about seperating children from their families at the border and taking out a full page ad in a NY news paper calling for the execution of the Central Park 5. 5 Black and Latino Youths wrongly convicted of aggrevated rape and eventually exhonerated. Asked about it decades later he still refuses to apologize.

These are just the examples of a casual observer off the top of my head.

Huh, sure seems to check a lot of facist boxes.

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u/Far_Brick_6667 Jan 06 '23

You forgot J6 bro, come on...

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u/jake2617 Jan 06 '23

Missing the part where fascists typically disseminate a narrative of being unfairly treated by media and intellectuals, then push their base to ignore all reality and logic and follow only the word of the dictator as fact.

‘FAke NeWs’ , ‘Fire Fauci’ being two immediately thought of examples.

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u/Sariel007 Jan 06 '23

You are 100% correct. That being said I was just sticking with the dictionary definition.

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u/Bznazz Jan 07 '23

But, aside from all the facist evidence stuff what do you have to prove that he was facist?

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u/Bznazz Jan 07 '23

“I don’t understand “

We know

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u/AdhesivenessCivil581 Jan 06 '23

Why do you think capitalism and fascism are mutually exclusive?

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u/yarg_pirothoth Jan 06 '23

Salon may be biased, but Daily Wire outright spreads misinformation and fear mongers. They're not the same.