Red, what he says is completely stupid. Be honest. Have you ever attended a school system in a foreign country? I have. The influences that supposed expert denotes as being the domain of fascism are in the majority of government-funded school systems on the planet.
I find it hilarious that you claim the American people are waking up and posting a reenacted quote from Thomas Jefferson showing we are the same non-fascist place we've been from the very beginning, then scampering right back to the lunacy of insisting we are fascism. We aren't fascism. Your expert is dumb and needs to go get a job at Starbucks instead of poisoning the minds of our youth with his retarded nonsense.
Nah, I actually burst out laughing when you posted the German citizens comparison, my first thought being does he actually think he can bring me down emotionally? And he actually rushed it, couldn’t wait to bring me down. Lol, I honestly burst out laughing at the sheer absurdity of such an effort on your part. I’m a veteran of taking things to the street. We made a difference in another age when Americans were pitted against Americans.
It was like “wow, the “ink” from my comment isn’t even dry yet, and here’s AI, hoping he can bring me down”! Hahaha…you’re priceless!
I am encouraged by all the demonstrations. Inspiring. All home made signs, by the thousands at every rally. Every one of those American citizens said: “what do I want to say? What is my message to authority?”, before writing it on their personal sign. This movement is growing. All the polls say the vast majority of Americans understand they are dealing with a wannabe dictator. By a HUGE margin. I chose to believe, in the long run, that who we are, as a good and decent people, will reassert itself and triumph in the end!
Those German people you mentioned, from Hitler’s day, how much experience did they have in democracy, and the knowledge that popular sovereignty says we the people are sovereign? I think the American populace is indeed waking up. I think our memory of the good and decent people we have been will push Trumpism aside in time. Our memory of who we are will not die. Yeah, I think our experience and commitment to democracy, to the sovereignty of the people, is a tad more ingrained in Americans in 2025 than Germans in the 1930’s….
If you don’t understand the inner psychology of a fascist, but insist on restricting the definition to economic framework, or whatever, you are missing the point completely.
The past INFORMS the present.
Thoughts from the road, #2
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I don’t need your help understanding fascism, AI-O-Meter. Should I just ignore two of the leading scholars of fascism and accept your conclusion? Should I just throw out whatever critical thinking skills my history profs instilled in me, and for which I am ever grateful? Should I forget that the past INFORMS the present? Should I forget that so many go through life sleepwalking through the history of their own lifetime, thus failing to recognize the fascist psychology in a leader, when he appears within the body politic?
It has happened here, before, and yes indeed, it is happening again. Your opinion is not worth much to me. It’s a never ending refrain from you, and I have no interest at all in your ignorance on this subject. And again, your effort to see if you could “deflate my hope”, well, I’ll just say I’m glad I was not drinking my morning coffee!
Sarah Churchwell believes the original KKK was the first true fascist entity in the modern era. I think of our developing American specie of fascism by the term Americanism.
