How the GOP went from a Far Right Party into a Neofascist Party under Donald Trump
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It might sound ludicrous to the accuse the GOP (Republicans) of being fascist, or that I'm employing ‘fascism’ in the pejorative sense. But if you look at the parallels with historical fascists, their ideology is almost identical. Today's GOP has many commonalities to fascist ideology, such as:
⭐ 1. A longing and wishful thinking for how the past was and a nostalgic view of America as it was in “idealization” of the 1950s that never really was. This is what Trump bases his entire ideology on. "Make America Great Again" is Trump's basis of his goals for America. His grandiose dreams of recreating a ‘Leave it to Beaver’ like in the 1950s society where women had few rights & white men held all the power is one of his foremost goals.
⭐ 2. Xenophobic/racist viewpoints - I don't see how this can be disputed. Mexican children in cages, building a useless wall, describing Hispanic people as “criminals” and on and on and on. There are so many examples of his racism that you'd trip over yourself finding them.
⭐ 3, Using mass propaganda to spread their message (i.e.: Fox News, OANN, NewsMax, etc) – They have carefully studied the tactics of the past ‘inventors of modern propaganda’, such as Josef Goebbels (Propaganda Minster for Nazi Germany), Dmitri Shepilov (Head of Soviet Propaganda under Stalin), Dino Alfieri (head of the Ministry of Popular Culture under Mussolini) and many others. Edward Bernays, often called the father of propaganda, was among the earliest to define propaganda as “a consistent, enduring effort to create or shape events to influence the relations of a public to an enterprise, idea, or group" Source: Teaching about Propaganda: An Examination of the Historical Roots of Media Literacy by Renee Hobbs & Sandra McGee - https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/vol6/iss2/5/ (Full PDF available for download)
Seven Propaganda Devices by Edward Bernays: https://i.ibb.co/JjjY2Tm/Seven-Propaganda-Devices-by-Edward-Bernays-1923.png
Source: Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923) by Edward Bernays - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61364 (PDF, epub, Kindle, HTML & plaintext)
⭐ 4. A violent opposition to those on the left/Marxist/socialists and even liberals - They not only despise these people w/these viewpoints – they have no interest in what each ideology represents or understands or cares what they stand for or what the differences are – but will actively get into street battles with them. These groups have vastly differing viewpoints on how the world and USA should be run. The libertarians and far leftist find more common ground on the uselessness of the Drug War and our right not to be spied on by the government. This new "street battle movement" is similar to the Freikorps or SA (Sturmabteilung) during Weimar Germany, which was the period after the first World War and the Second World War where right wing elements, disenfranchised ex-soldiers, the unemployed and essentially the dredges of society decided to enact violence on anyone they thought were left leaning and were used a paramilitary force by the German government to suppress completely legal marches, demonstrations and protests by elements they considered 'subversive' .
⭐ 5. A Cult of Personality under Trump - This is one of the clearest examples out there. If Trump could build a giant gold statue of himself, like Kim il-Sung (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansu_Hill_Grand_Monument#/media/File:Mansudae-Monument-Bow-2014.jpg), he absolutely would. All politicians on the GOP must agree with Trump & any of his messages or random on the spot pronouncements or just whatever random thoughts he has on his mind & if they don't "kiss the ring" & agree with Trump's ludicrous viewpoints or “ideology”, the Trumpists will turn completely against these candidates or representatives. It’s often hilarious to watch them try and justify & rationalize something crazy and seriously stupid Trump said. There is no room for disobeying Trump's orders or not praising him enough & any GOP politician that doesn't follow the orders of Fuhrer Trump will have their feet held to the fire, this includes any active members of Congress who sit in on panels that Trump disagrees with, votes against to his wishes, or anything else he deems them as wrong, people of bad character/faith, hurls countless insults and lies at them to try and discredit their entire political career for a simple disagreement. This is not how a Democracy works - this is how a Fascist government work. If this was any other country, Trump would surely have had these people purged.
⭐ 6. Attempting to circumvent democracy by any means at their disposal, whether that's trying to sabotage the USPS to prevent mail in voting, to force states to do recounts that cost these states millions of dollars, to calling up state representatives (as he did in Georgia) and demanding more votes appear out of the blue like a rabbit out of a magician’s hat. Incidentally, a recent investigation by the AP only found a TOTAL OF 475 fraudulent votes across the battleground states in total. https://thehill.com/homenews/presidential-campaign/585901-ap-finds-fewer-than-475-cases-of-potential-voter-fraud-in-six). Trump will try any and all methods to hold onto any power he has – whether that be through legitimate or illegitimate means. Trump, as has been shown, has absolutely no regard when it comes to himself for any laws that have to do with him - he neglects subpoenas, fails to turn over documents, activity prevents friends, family, and his 'cosa nostra' underlings to testify about him.
⭐ 7. Totalitarian intentions - Trump circumvented the law on many occasions in his presidency, including ignoring subpoenas & telling aids to do the same, failing to uphold the Constitution he swore on. By issuing executive orders to enforce his will to simply bypass Congress, not to mention a love for a call for violence & calls for violent tactics that both he and his followers love. His rhetoric is what inspire radical white-supremacist mass shootings. Helpful tip: Any type a right wing politician uses the term "globalists", be aware that is antisemitic code for Jews (Source: Trump called Gary Cohn a ‘globalist.’ Here’s why some people find that offensive. - Washington Post 3/9/18 - Sources is from an archived backup of the full article because the Washington Post is behind a paywall https://archive.ph/XZw7Z). His white nationalist, Neo-Nazi, and ultra nationalist followers desperately want to start a violent insurrection of what they believe is our 243 year running government is totally corrupted & utterly government that is absolutely untrustworthy. These individuals who have no faith in our democratic institutes do not deserve to live in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. They are actively trying to subvert the Democratic process as revealed that in Trump's most outrageous act as President, an attempted Putsch of the democratically elected US government on January 6th.
» Definition of putsch:
» a secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary
⭐ 8. Trump’s follower’s are heavily armed – the right wing fetishism of firearms and constantly stockpiling more & more as they hear the false message from the NRA. The NRA the propaganda arm of gun manufacturers to try and put people in fear constant fear of attackers, the "high crime rate" an personal and anecdotal stories about individuals who saved themselves from particular intervention from criminals by using their firearms to stop the threat in their magazines and literature.
A Brief But Unrelated Argument About Gun Rights & Laws in the US
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While the crime rate has dropped from 1990 of around 9 people per 100,000 people to sell more guns and be the "thoughts and prayers" apologists anytime a mass shooting takes places in this country. They actively work as lobbyists to the gun industry out of trouble and constantly tout that anyone who is against guns is anti-2nd amendment, in favor of more crime, and other ad hominem (Ad hominem explained: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem) attacks to try and disqualify the individual making the argument. 52% of Americans believe that "In general, do you feel that the sale of firearms should be made more strict. In another question, "If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so. How about the nation's laws or policies on guns?" 37% said dissatisfied to 7% dissatisfied to satisfied, keep the same (2022 Data). (Source: https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx & https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/crime-rate-statistics) The NRA constantly insists that a Democratic Presidents will not take away your guns, ban certain types of guns, ban or tax certain types of ammunition or critical parts to make guns. This has NEVER happened under ANY president, with the exception of the Assault Weapons Ban in 1994 (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban). This banned military grade guns (AR15s/AK47s and other assault weapons), guns being made by manufacturers with the explicit purpose of causing maximum harm to it's victims in urban drive by shooting situations (such as the Tec-9, Uzi, Mac-10 & "street sweeper" shotguns, as well as reduce some large capacity magazines, and any and all automatic weapons). Unfortunately, the legislation allowed "grandfathered assault and automatic weapons" still legal if they were purchased before a certain date. Because of this, these weapons were still allowed to be possessed and sold (under strict ATF regulation) and the extended magazine ban didn't extend far enough. Whether or not the Assault Weapons Ban worked or not is still a hotly debated topic. However, weapons used on the battlefield do not need to be under the hands of the American public under any circumstances. In one of the first mass shootings that was well publicized in the country was the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
Furthermore, the President CANNOT take away your guns and yet, the NRA continuously this absolutely ludicrous argument during every Democratic presidential term. The NRA was originally a shooting club and an attempt to allow sportsmen the freedom to hunt, shoot on their own personal property and normal goals. There is no president that can take away your guns without amending the Constitution, which would almost be an impossibility at this point)
This is a map of cataloged hate, white supremacist, Neo-Nazi & similar groups militia groups in the USA that are sympathetic to Trump and his ultra right wing ultra nationalist viewpoints: https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map
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"In a landmark study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1993, researchers found that having a gun in the home was linked with nearly three times higher odds that someone would be killed at home by a family member or intimate acquaintance. Studies using more recent data have come to the same conclusion. In a 2019 study, researchers found that states with high levels of household gun ownership have more domestic gun homicides than other states do. In fact, the quartile of states with the highest rates of gun ownership have 65 percent more domestic gun homicides than the quartile with the least, which is worrisome considering that domestic violence has worsened during the coronavirus outbreak."
Arthur L. Kellermann, Frederick P. Rivara, Norman B. Rushforth, Joyce G. Banton, Donald T. Reay, Jerry T. Francisco, Ana B. Locci, Janice Prodzinski, Bela B. Hackman, and Grant Somes. "Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home" N Engl J Med 1993; 329:1084-1091
Abstract: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199310073291506
Full Study (PDF): https://www.mediafire.com/file/yby7cozlcjel1qg/Gun+Ownership+as+a+Risk+Factor+for+Homicide+in+the+Home.pdf/file
“With everyone staying home, those new guns are more likely to fall into the hands of a child or other inexperienced user, with deadly consequences,” says Levine, an economist at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
"This is a problem because “we know that guns in the home increase the risk for gun injury,” says Cassandra Crifasi, the deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research."
"The other big concern about guns right now is suicide. In a study published this June in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers followed more than 26 million adults, studied in California for 12 years, keeping track of whether they purchased handguns and if they died by suicide. They found that men who had purchased handguns were then more than THREE times as likely to die by suicide — primarily gun suicide — compared with men who hadn’t bought handguns, and that women who’d purchased handguns were more than SEVEN times as likely to die by suicide as women who hadn’t bought handguns. As the researchers concluded, “ready access to firearms, particularly handguns, is a major risk factor for suicide.”
David M. Studdert, LL.B., Sc.D., Yifan Zhang, Ph.D., Sonja A. Swanson, Sc.D., Lea Prince, Ph.D., Jonathan A. Rodden, Ph.D., Erin E. Holsinger, M.D., Matthew J. Spittal, Ph.D., Garen J. Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., and Matthew Miller, M.D., Sc. Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California. June 4, 2020
N Engl J Med 2020; 382:2220-2229
Abstract: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1916744
Full Study (PDF): https://www.mediafire.com/file/zv2bi66szk60tcj/Handgun+Ownership+and+Suicide+In+California.pdf/file
Read more:
The Trace - Will a Gun Keep Your Family Safe? Here’s What the Evidence Says By Melinda Wenner Moyer - Apr 7, 2020: https://www.thetrace.org/2020/04/gun-safety-research-coronavirus-gun-sales/
If you wish to read more, I encourage you to read the Encyclopedia Britannica's "Common characteristics of fascist movements" from the Encyclopedia of Britannica @ https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Common-characteristics-of-fascist-movements as well as Umberto Eco (who grew up under fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, and has written Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism: https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html
Some of these are common to my points, just worded differently, as well as some points I hadn't even considered.
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