A rolling #thread of useful articles and essays arguing, in various ways, that to call Trump a fascist is to miss what's really going
Michael Lind on the American political elite's abdication of authority and instrumental use of anarchic mobs by both sides https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/american-crises-capitol-assault
The Five Crises of the American Regime

The mob assault on the Capitol is simply another entry in the catalog of American decline

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/american-crises-capitol-assault
Historian Richard Evans identifies what Trump lacks in comparison to interwar fascism: permawar home and abroad, self-sacrifice, total submission of civil society orgs... while warning that we should fight today's battles instead: conspiracy theories etc https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/01/why-trump-isnt-fascist
Why Trump isn't a fascist

The storming of the Capitol on 6 January was not a coup. But American democracy is still in danger. 

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/01/why-trump-isnt-fascist
Michael Tracey compares Trump's 2nd impeachment to 9/11, in which a collective desire for security and revenge dominates. Crisis is taken advantage of to pursue purges, militarisation and the passing of liberty-restricting legislation https://unherd.com/2021/01/impeachment-is-more-dangerous-than-donald-trump/
Impeachment is more dangerous than Trump - UnHerd

Reminiscent of the 9/11 aftermath, the Capitol 'coup' has been weaponised by political opponents

https://unherd.com/2021/01/impeachment-is-more-dangerous-than-donald-trump/
David Jamieson identifies a "McCarthyisation of the centre" developing into "an illiberal, paranoid world view."

6 Jan was no coup, but it'll be used to further an authoritarian securitization agenda https://www.conter.co.uk/blog/2021/1/15/bidenism-is-establishing-its-founding-myth
Bidenism is Establishing its Founding Myth

With the US inauguration the site of a major ideological offensive, David Jamieson argues the now regime has implications for us all.

https://www.conter.co.uk/blog/2021/1/15/bidenism-is-establishing-its-founding-myth
Samuel Moyn argues those calling Trump fascist tend "to rely on the 1st half of every frightening news cycle", & points out racist militias are nothing new in the US.

Instead all this serves to distract from mainstream undermining of democracy for decades https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-fascism/
Allegations of Fascism Distract From the Real Danger

The same system that often rendered Trump harmless fails most Americans.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-fascism/
Alex Hochuli (me) argued back in December that Trump was no fascist and that its use was a means of disciplining the Left, by making it align with the neoliberal centre. Moreover, it's a fantasy politics that tries to make mediatised politics feel real https://damagemag.com/2020/12/17/render-unto-ourselves-what-is-ours-or-caesar-will-seize-it/
Render unto Ourselves, What is Ours—or Caesar Will Seize It

The political purpose of antifascism in the 21st century is not to stop the Right. It’s to discipline the Left.

https://damagemag.com/2020/12/17/render-unto-ourselves-what-is-ours-or-caesar-will-seize-it/
Aufhebunga Bunga, with Amber Frost and Daniel Bessner, argue 6 Jan was no coup, but point out how it will be used to drive through more authoritarian legislation by the Biden administration https://aufhebungabunga.podbean.com/e/169-authoritarian-liberalism-and-its-discontents/
TrueAnon podcast dismiss the idea 6 Jan was a coup, focusing instead on how Trump abandoned those he called upon to defend him, before being abandoned in turn by the GOP. https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjY3MjQyMzgwOS9zb3VuZHMucnNz&ep=14&episode=dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTYzMjMzNDc5
TrueAnon - Episode 128: MAGAMaidan (teaser)

To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/TrueAnonPod An episode about the events of January 6th—the furor, the terror, and the sacrificial lambs led to their deaths by forces they cannot...

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjY3MjQyMzgwOS9zb3VuZHMucnNz&ep=14&episode=dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTYzMjMzNDc5
Amber Frost & Daniel Bessner turn the focus on QAnon supporters at the Capitol riot. Q's demographic base is varied, many aren't traditional Republicans/conservatives.

So state repression would aggravate things as Q is a religious not political mvmt. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/q-anon-cult-capitol-hill-riot-trump
How the QAnon Cult Stormed the Capitol

Perhaps the strangest thing about the media coverage of the Capitol Hill rally was how little of it focused on the visible presence of QAnon. What’s behind the Q cult, and how can we confront it?

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/q-anon-cult-capitol-hill-riot-trump
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