5. Goldwater stood at the head of a genuine movement. Trump, so far, has only a personality cult. So Trump could be more transitory.
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6. Main reason to think Trump could win is his overwhelming polling lead. But that hides great unknown here: how committed are Trump voters?
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7. Trump is really running a campaign on the cheap, with no real GOTV effort, ad buys. Depending on free publicity of media. Is that enough?
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8. Agree
@NateSilver538 has made most cogent arguments for discounting Trump's polling lead.https://twitter.com/amlamey/status/669693449931657216 …Jeet Heer added,
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9. The GOP elite could use super-delegates to squash Trump. If they do that, they'll tear their party in half. https://twitter.com/jmstwn/status/669693457477177346 …
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10. Perhaps related to the question of whether Trump can win is: is he a fascist? Again, I have complicated answer: No, but...
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11. I think Trump is best described as not a fascist but fascistic: having some important characteristics of fascism but not fully identical
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12. I mean Trump has the personality cult, the ethnic nationalism, the cultural despair & stabbed-in-the-back mythos but...
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13. But... in a weird way Trump is too scatterbrained & undisciplined to be a real fascist. Can't see him organizing paramilitary groups.
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14. Worth reading
@michaelbd's thoughts on why Trump doens't fit the fascist bill fully: https://twitter.com/michaelbd/status/669689536943890432 …Jeet Heer added,
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15. In a weird way, American anti-statism precludes full fascism. A real fascist would promise more to white working class than Trump does
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16. Where are Trump's intellectuals,
@michaelbd asks. Where's his Heidegger? https://twitter.com/michaelbd/status/669691552491507712 …Jeet Heer added,
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17. Well, if he were still alive, Samuel Francis would be Trump's Carl Schmitt. Among the living: Jared Taylor, Peter Brimelow, Ann Coulter
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