Subject: American fascism
A lot of Americans embrace Trump’s authoritarianism

https://www.washingtonpost.com...

Call it authoritarianism if you prefer. A difference without much of a distinction.

Which side are you on? Ready to toss democracy because it's just to hard? Just too messy? If so, you are insane and lost to the cult of a corrupt demagogue. I never thought so many of my fellow citizens could be so easily led into fascism.

To many observers, there’s an incongruity to this. After all, recent days have also brought new awareness of Trump’s plans should he be inaugurated on that day, plans that are often unvarnished embraces of an authoritarian use of power. Trump plans to root out disloyal bureaucrats and install ideologically sympathetic ones. He’s speaking openly of using the Justice Department to target his opponents, including to hobble possible political opponents. And that’s just to name two recent examples.

More and more Trump feels no need at all to be coy about his fascist desires. He can see that it plays well with the MAGA crowd. Sad days for the American Republic.