I’m not sure if folks know when I say the GOP is now fascist that I’m serious. Fascism is not an ideology. It is a tactic which harkens to a mythological past and disconnecting people from reality through relentless propaganda, while focusing them in hating “the other”...1
..that supposedly prevent a country from recovering its greatness, & it particularly focuses on the other as liberals, feminists & those with advanced educations. They circle around a single strongman who they personify as the means of recovering the great mythological past....2
...there is no ideology. There is just the strongman and the relentless pursuit of power and desire to delight in crushing the other. (Liberal tears, for example) Fascism emerged in Italy with Mussolini. Here is how that is described in the book “The Anatomy of Fascism”:..../3
...see? No program. Slogans and commitment the strongman. Now the GOP 2020 platform. No program. Just slogans & commitment to the strongman.

Dont mistake. The GOP is fascist. A key of fascism is to destroy democracy. Theyre trying. Never look away. America faces a huge threat.
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