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Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
Thu Jun 1, 2017, 05:27 PM Jun 2017

Serious Question...

Can we now dispense with such words as "populist" and "nationalist" when describing contemporary American conservatism and just firmly and confidently settle on describing it as Fascism?

Now, by that I do not mean to try to directly compare Trump to Hitler or Mussolini or that the US will be dominated by Nazis.

I mean has conservatism transitioned to an American version of fascism or a neo-fascist ideology.

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Serious Question... (Original Post) Thomas Hurt Jun 2017 OP
Corporatist Oligarchy Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #1
I call it Dickensian Politics nt Xipe Totec Jun 2017 #2
Or Social Darwinism. thucythucy Jun 2017 #3

thucythucy

(8,032 posts)
3. Or Social Darwinism.
Thu Jun 1, 2017, 07:24 PM
Jun 2017

But definitely not "populist" since his policies will hurt most people.

And not "nationalist" since he's selling us all out to Putin.

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