When This Blows Over

Blulots LA 1 hour ago
When fascism (as opposed to the callous oligarchy we
have now) comes to America, it won't just be "draped
in the flag and carrying the cross." If it comes in the
next 30 years, chances are it will begin with attacks
on "political correctness" before proceeding more
openly.
I've been laughing at the Trump circus for a while now, but
it's worth pointing out that from the little we know of his
ideas -- hostility to "elites" who are only defined by the
degeneracy of their culture, never by economics;
scapegoating immigrants for crime and economic problems;
"running the country like a business;" "negotiating from a
position of strength;" "getting things done;" appeals to the
homeland and its glorious past, threatened by internal elite
treachery ("Make America Great Again") -- they basically
sound like textbook fascism.
The point isn't even that textbook fascism is
what Trump believes in, or would carry out. I'm
genuinely not sure if he believes in anything
beyond his own self-aggrandizement. It's the
fact that an insubstantial but skillful charlatan
sees these ideas as the best way to pander to
the masses that most disturbs me.