Quote:the arguement has been around on the left for a while.  I listen to Thom Hartman in the mornings in my office.  He's been pointing out the fascist leanings of trump for months.

 

Fascism is a form of extreme nationalism that finds enemies outside the group, uses them as a fear tactic to consolidate popular opinion and then creates solutions that only the leader can solve.

 

It describes trump to the 'T'.

 

International Communism is the extreme from of the Democrat party. Theocratic-Capitalism is the extreme form of the Republican party. Anarcho-Capitalism is the extreme form of the Libertarian party.  What is your point? I am glad Trump is a nationalist. This countries needs SHOULD be first. Just because Fascism exists on the same side of the nationalist spectrum on a much more extreme scale, doesn't mean nationalism doesn't have positive affects on the country. All you are doing is fear mongering and demonizing the "America First" belief. OOoooh Trump puts America and it's citizens needs over the worlds, what a scary fascist!

 

If a political ideology has an extreme, should we avoid the ideology entirely? Should we be totally apolitical, completely moderate? Maybe, but governance isn't that easy and people disagree.

 

People fear-monger that Trump's policies could lead to fascism, but the Democrats current policies ARE leading to communism. Yes, the ideology that has killed 10x more of its own citizens than Fascism EVER did.

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