Trump and the Republican party exemplify these five elements of fascism | Robert Reich
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Trump is often described as ‘authoritarian’. But that doesn’t really capture the more alarming aspects of his movement

Robert Reich lists five elements of fascism that Republicans exemplify

  • HandsHurtLoL@kbin.social
    8·
    1 year ago

    Whenever moderation gets sorted out for some of the bigger instances, this practice of changing the headline from the news site has to be one of the first things established in the community guidelines.

    This sort of slant belongs on other instances.

  • mrpants@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    1 year ago

    Very clever way to word this post and try to discredit the article. Fascists love talking like this. Nonsense meaningless terms to discredit real concerns with the US’s second largest party.

    • riskable@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I just thought it was funny that the very embodiment of “cultural elite” talking head (Robert Reich) is the one in the news today warning us about just how fascist today’s Republican party has become. I mean, he’s not wrong and my “clever wording” might get some who would never read such an article to actually read it.

      Maybe the wording is more clever than you thought? 🤫

      • zkikiz
        7·
        1 year ago

        The kinds of people who think that “the cultural elite” (Jewish people living in blue states, let’s be honest about that dog whistle, it never seems to apply to Rush Limbaugh or Trump or Tucker Carlson or Elon Musk or Kanye West even though Robert’s main claim to fame is being a Labor Secretary for four years in the nineties) control anything are also the kinds of people who take biased headlines as gospel and don’t bother reading anything further.