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1. The trumps, bolsonaros and what really matters: the fascist movement

The executive power occupants trump and bolsonaro (not capitalizing their names has a purpose, read on) are really an insulting thing to watch and hear.

nytimes.com/2019/03/19/us/…
2. They are sadistic and narcissistic psychopaths (according to mental health professionals), they espouse and over-promote the most horrendous elements of the fascist repertoire

telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/2…
3. (pandemic denialism)

theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
4. (honoring torturers and monsters)

reuters.com/article/us-bra…
5. such as rape, sterilization of the poor and brown, torture and persecution of opponents, confronting the press and destroying science.

brazilian.report/society/2018/0…
theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…
6. (violent attack on the scientific institutional structure)

sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/b…
7. (pandemic and climate denialism)

nytimes.com/2020/04/28/cli…
8. (the war on science)

nytimes.com/2019/12/28/cli…
9. They are all that but they don't matter. They are the right wing "crisis actors", items with a certain (but limited) level of agency, just enough to be the perfect actors for the new fascist script.

foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/05/bol…
10. (the pandemic and the fascist script)

project-syndicate.org/commentary/cor…
11. It is possible (but we will never know) that part of their obvious illiteracy and apparent cognitive deficit is rehearsed.
japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/2…
12. (appeal to angry and resentful mass)

theconversation.com/rightist-bolso…
13. It's time to focus our energy on the fascist base, the unflippable, the huge minority of each society that made the fascist script possible in the XXIst century.

theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
14. (base is ok with the "others" dying)

thehill.com/homenews/campa…
15. The trumps and bolsonaros are so efficient in energizing this base because theirs is the face that the base sees in the mirror.

theguardian.com/us-news/2020/m…
16. (violent evangelicals - fascism/theocracy connection)

brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/20…
17. Para-military organization of the fascist movement

organizingupgrade.com/trump-and-the-…
18. Para-military organization and the fascist movement

organizingupgrade.com/trump-and-the-…
19. Para-military organization and the fascist movement

nytimes.com/2019/04/10/opi…
20. The true enemy is the fascist movement. The trumps and bolsonaros and just instruments of that movement. The conflict between the forces of civilization and democracy and those of barbarism and fascism will get more violent.
21. It is important to depersonalize it and help the non-fascist masses understand what is at stake.
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