The main reason to avoid the fascism analogy is that it obscures the more salient and useful end of Reconstruction analogy and also the genealogy of American reaction from the first KKK to 2nd KKK to Coughlin to McCarthyism & Birchers. It's important to see Trump in USA context
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Yes, more people should know that history, and one could certainly use the present situation as an opportunity to teach it. But a grasp of what this attempted coup shares with (other) fascist efforts seems more immediately useful, even without an extensive history lesson.
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