You do not have to be a Nazi to be a Fascist in America today...

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All Nazi’s are fascists but not all fascists are Nazi’s. The face of fascism in America today does hold some parallels to Germany 1930s – but that is not the totality of American fascism by any means. American fascism relies on people going nazi be nazi (including me) and then they can point to Hitlers Horror Show and say ‘what bollocks, we look nothing like that, so of course we are not fascists’… yeah right, they are on the start of the journey which will lead to them being exactly like that, but it is a narrative that works with some who see fascists as swastika wearing, goose stepping mass murderers. One must remember that in the 20th Century fascism as a word came out of Italy, rather than Germany, and modern-day fascism is not just this narrowly defined Nazi version, although it is part of it. If these modern day American fascists get their way ‘’Soon it won’t only be black Americans who can’t breathe, but by then the white Americans turning a blind eye and deaf ear to what is happening may have found that they, too, are in a chokehold, and there is no one with enough breath left to speak for them.’’ Sarah Churchill.

Marriam Webster defines fascism as a 1. political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition, and; 2. a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control.

Based on these definitions, it is not difficult to identify those movements who make up the coalition of modern-day fascists in America. A hotch potch of groupings who have some things in common:

They hate minority communities.
They believe in their supremacy over minority communities.
They will happily give up some of their freedoms if it means minority communities are forced to give up MORE freedoms than them.
They cling to patriarchal and authoritarian power structures.
They conflate images of national identity with national supremacy.
They blindly worship the ‘dear leader’ and spread his propaganda.
They support violent rhetoric and actions for political ends.
They would cede democracy to give more power to their goals of suppression of other.

I could go on but I think you get the point. Nazi be Nazi. Nazi be Fascist. Fascist be Fascist. Anyone who supports Trump at this time are embracing a uniquely American fascism and one might suggest that MAGA, with the insignia and the rallies and blustering rants of a wannabee despot, can be reasonably described as an American symbol of fascism for the 21st Century.

Just sayin'