Trump/Pence 2016...
The hyperbolic or not-so-hyperbolic Trumpfenkreuz:
Feb. 10 2016 3:50 PM
Is Donald Trump a Fascist?
Yes and no.
By Isaac Chotiner
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To discuss Trumps rise and its historical echoes, I called Robert Paxton, a leading authority on the history of fascism. A regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and an expert on Vichy France, Paxton has written numerous books on European history. We discussed the ways in which Trump is and is not a fascist, whether Trump believes what he says, and why now, of all times, so many Americans seem to be embracing him. The conversation has been edited and condensed.
Isaac Chotiner: As a historian of fascism, what do you make of Trumps rise?
Robert Paxton: Well, its astonishing and depressing because hes totally foreign to any of the skills that are wanted in a president of the United States. What we call him is another matter. There are certainly some echoes of fascism, but there are also very profound differences.
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Its the same thing. Its enormously tempting. Anyway, the echoes you can deal with on two levels. First of all, there are the kinds of themes Trump uses. The use of ethnic stereotypes and exploitation of fear of foreigners is directly out of a fascists recipe book. Making the country great again sounds exactly like the fascist movements. Concern about national decline, that was one of the most prominent emotional states evoked in fascist discourse, and Trump is using that full-blast, quite illegitimately, because the country isnt in serious decline, but hes able to persuade them that it is. That is a fascist stroke. An aggressive foreign policy to arrest the supposed decline. Thats another one. Then, theres a second level, which is a level of style and technique. He even looks like Mussolini in the way he sticks his lower jaw out, and also the bluster, the skill at sensing the mood of the crowd, the skillful use of media.
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2016/02/is_donald_trump_a_fascist_an_expert_on_fascism_weighs_in.html