@nabuccodenazzar @tinybaby Trump's a fascist. He incessantly and gleefully lies, scapegoats, plays to racial animus, assaults rule of law. He is antagonistic to all norms and institutions except when personally benefitting him. He could have worthy goals, but does not care for our democratic republic.
@nabuccodenazzar @tinybaby You could cite other politicians who do some of these things, but not ALL of these things, in one ugly package. I'm not saying he's 100% wrong about everything, but he is clearly unfit and a demagogue. He did not expect to win, yet his response is to abuse the office daily.
@nabuccodenazzar @tinybaby This abuse of the presidency requires a forceful response from the public. His actions and rhetoric fit the pattern of fascism. He stokes racial division intentionally. He calls unfavorable media "the enemy of the people". He denies the legitimacy of every legal inquiry.
@nabuccodenazzar @tinybaby That is why we reluctantly choose to label the POTUS a fascist, and to forcefully oppose his propaganda (+ Fox News) with strong counter-prop, including the label Nazi at certain times. But I don't think the majority of Trump voters are Nazis or virulent racists, per se.
@nabuccodenazzar @tinybaby Those voters are just uncritically along for the ride with "their guy" in a chronic two party conflict which is not fundamentally any one person's or group's fault. The way out is through more viable parties. Trump could lead a Nationalist party. What we need is #RCV.
@nabuccodenazzar @tinybaby #RCV = #RankedChoiceVoting
See fairvote.org
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