1. michikokakutani's review of a new Hitler biography got me thinking again of the unresolved "Is Trump a fascist" question.
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2. The term fascism has always been fluid because fascist founders like Mussolini prided themselves on their own opportunism.
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3. Mussolini et. al. prided themselves on being adaptable as opposed to the supposedly more rigid ideologies of liberalism, socialism, etc
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4. This fluidity was also tied to underlying Social Darwinism of fascism: life is a battle, so you change tactics as needed.
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5. So perhaps the way to resolve the issue is to realize that fascism can be an adjective as well as a noun. Fascistic rather than fascist.
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6. The most important difference between Trumpism & classical fascism is the lack of grass-roots mobilization. There are no Trump Shirts.
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7. Largely for demographic reasons, Trumpism is a very passive movement compared to the revolutionary elan & mass mobilization of fascism.
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8. I grapple with the Trump fascism question in greater depth here:https://newrepublic.com/article/137339/donald-trump-fascist …
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Jeet Heer Retweeted Andrew Gawthorpe
9. Sure there's mobilization on social media but your racist uncle flooding Facebook is not the SA.https://twitter.com/andygawt/status/781889998404644864 …
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If Trump did have such mobilization, his first instinct would be to monetize it.
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Hitler could've made some real money selling those brown shirts. What a loser. Sad!
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Seriously, though, stock values must be rising in the Trump-Is-Throwing-The-Campaign movement.
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