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    1. John Ganz‏ @lionel_trolling 13 Dec 2020

      Trump's combination of utter cynicism and total belief in nonsense is part of the reason why fascists viewed him as an avatar of their type of politics, maybe he's more a John the Baptist than a Christ but its nonetheless in the same vein

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    2. John Ganz‏ @lionel_trolling 13 Dec 2020

      Again, my position is that this not what Paxton calls "classical fascism" so much as some kind of para-fascism, but the idea "Oh it can't be anything like fascism because its manifestly absurd and attracts losers and crackpots" is just self-contradictory

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    3. John Ganz‏ @lionel_trolling 13 Dec 2020

      I think it's obviously true that Trump was not very good at using the power of the state etc., but we've absolutely seen glimpses of the kind of power that totalitarian movements have to deny and distort reality: the insistent lying and invention of bizarre conspiracies etc.

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    4. John Ganz‏ @lionel_trolling 13 Dec 2020

      This question "Are they just delusional or do they really believe this insanity?" that we are constantly forced to ask is precisely the same question people as about totalitarian regimes, because they practice a politics that confounds the boundaries between belief and cynicism

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    5. John Ganz‏ @lionel_trolling 13 Dec 2020

      The response to this by critics on the left is often to point to precedents, "Oh, the Bush administration did so and so," Yes, of course there are precedents, this type of politics requires time to crystallize and damage to be done

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    6. John Ganz‏ @lionel_trolling 13 Dec 2020

      When you point to pure facts like "there are paramilitaries, there is street fighting, there is an effort to overturn election", critics have to respond with a series of interpretations, namely "it's not very powerful, it's a bunch of loser jerks", maybe, but the facts remain

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    7. John Ganz‏ @lionel_trolling 13 Dec 2020

      Being charitable, I think the problem is that this type of politics outrages common sense, so the reaction of sensible people is often to be like "oh this couldn't be happening because its absurd", sometimes that judgment will be correct, of course, but sometimes it will not

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    8. John Ganz‏ @lionel_trolling 13 Dec 2020

      I still think the intellectually honest approach to this era and its politics is that it poses real serious challenges to our powers judgment, and its not really that easy to dismiss or encapsulate whats going on with a phrase

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    9. Peter A. Shulman  📚‏ @pashulman 13 Dec 2020
      Replying to @lionel_trolling

      What we’re experiencing is not more or less absurd than the decades-long absurd and occasionally violent post-Reconstruction efforts to lie and steal and force a reimposition of white supremacy and one-party rule in the south. Sometimes led by losers & buffoons. But it worked.

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    10. b-boy bouiebaisse‏Verified account @jbouie 13 Dec 2020
      Replying to @pashulman @lionel_trolling

      Yes. The men who toppled the Reconstruction government in South Carolina weren’t particularly intelligent or far-sighted or even strong-willed. They just were willing to use violence and coercion where others weren’t.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Dec 2020
      Replying to @jbouie @pashulman @lionel_trolling

      In all seriousness, you should get the Times to let you do a podcast about Reconstruction. It would be a public service and also have an audience.

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        1. Salma Typhii‏ @epidatageek 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @jbouie and

          I'd listen. Hell, I would even pay to listen

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        1. Darrow‏ @PMFight 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @jbouie and

          Seconded

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        1. Anna Mowry‏ @annamowry 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @jbouie and

          Agreed

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        1. VERY EXPERT‏ @Shirley04011 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @jbouie and

          100%

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        1. Arthur‏ @kingofdbritons 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @jbouie and

          If any of your followers are interested, there are Eric Foner lectures on YouTubehttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSuwqsAnJMtypyVdc5V3dz9yWo6pIrGvT …

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        2. Nora Cregan‏ @NoraCregan 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @GreatDismal and

          Already happened at @Slate https://slate.com/podcasts/reconstruction …

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @NoraCregan @GreatDismal and

          Yes, but worth revisiting!

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        1. Ben Rosengart‏ @fivetonsflax 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @jbouie and

          I’d listen. Currently reading Foner and finding it tough sledding. I’m not sure why, and I’m a little embarrassed about it. Maybe just pandemic brain.

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