I've been reluctant to throw around what I know to be overused. abused, and loaded political terms like fascist; it bites at our credulity - and - credibility.
But, I'm there.
We've been excusing Trump as a dumbass overreaching narcissist and a lot of other things, but we've got to get to the point that we understand what he is. He is an authoritarian, a sick puppy with the keys to the henhouse.
Fascism is just a term that we give to encompass political authoritarianism. It is a state of mind that overcomes the body politic. What happened in Germany didn't happen overnight. It morphed politically.
This is a picture of Americans marching in favor of Nazism in New York in 1939. And just like in Germany, they probably they never envisioned that what they were touting could result in the destruction of their nation's political order, send 6 million people to the gas chambers, and worldwide cataclysm.
Fascism is just another taxonomic term. It's not limited to Germany. The Chile of today had to rid itself of the horrors of Pinochet. Feel free to make comparisons to left wing totalitarianism but keep your eyes on OUR immediate problem. It doesn't take a cataclysmic revolution. These movements are much more insidious. They are gradual immersions.
