None Dare Call It Fascism

Campaign of imperial expansion.

May be getting closer, but what does it matter what it's called?

Michelle Goldberg observes,

Second, Trump didn’t pursue campaigns of imperial expansion, which some scholars view as intrinsic to fascism. “For all of Trump’s hostility towards countries he perceives as enemies of the U.S., notably Iran, there is no indication that he sought a war with any foreign power, still less that he has been consumed by a desire for foreign conquest and the creation of an American empire,” wrote Richard J. Evans in his 2021 essay “Why Trump Isn’t a Fascist.”

It’s striking how much the arguments that Trump is not a fascist have suffered in just the first few days of this year, in which we’ve plunged to new depths of national madness.

And an American writes a letter reminding other Americans of things from 80+ yrs. ago: FASCISM! Eight pp. of grim truth from a gov't. & military that weren't yet completely evil.

Alright! A tab or two cleared, & the obligatory daily post done!