TFG is now the moral centre of the republican party. They're jockeying to make him the moral centre of the USA, and by extension, the entire world.
Indeed, the whole republican propaganda machine seems to be treating this whole thing like it's just another kind of reality TV debacle, not a real-life decision with dire, lasting consequences.
@Satchelpooch So...I still don't think TFG's personal approach is sufficiently integrated to comply with the definition of fascism.
But what has emerged around him definitely does. White supremacism, christian nationalism, jingoism, etc. -- all the toxic threads are being pulled together with him at the centre.
I think his own schtick is simply to feel important, and he's following the path of least resistance to that goal. I don't think he cares enough to feel the danger he's escalating.
@Satchelpooch In my view, given his own history and the support he's been given by the partisan SCOTUS, his glaring lack of responsibility makes him supremely dangerous.
The first time around, we discovered that there's nothing to hold someone back if they're determined enough. The checks and balances are frighteningly arbitrary and even illusory.
@sumpnlikefaith curious if you ever shifted your stance on using the word “fascism” to describe Trumpism?