No, the 2025 Republican party is definitely fascist.
Wikipedia: "Fascism is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy"
- Dictatorial leader - President Trump tries to push things through Executive Orders, which are supposed to go through Congress. And that one guy in his admin said he has "plenary" (I guess meaning total, unquestioned) authority
- Centralized autocracy - "Autocracy is a form of government in which absolute power is held by one person, known as an autocrat. It includes absolute monarchy and all forms of dictatorship, while it is contrasted with democracy and other forms of free government" - Same thing
- Militarism - The President has deployed National Guard and militarized ICE agents to American cities under the guise of improving public safety. The real reason is to terrorize non-white people and prepare for interfering with or preventing the next election. He also attacked ships from another country without any just cause.
- Forcible suppression of opposition - I believe right now Trump's administration is going after an Attorney General? ICE has also been detaining and physically harming people who try to (legally) film them. There is certainly more suppression I'm forgetting and more in the pipeline. The Republican party also generally seemed okay with violence against Democratic Party elected officials. I seem to recall violence against Nancy Pelosi's husband went un-remarked-upon.
- Belief in a natural social hierarchy - I don't have pull quotes from elected officials but there is a lot of white supremacy in the Republican party and among their voter base. They have ideas like "America First" where, when you dig into it, "American" means "pure-blood white person". They also seem to broadly look down on women, gay people, transgender people, the usual suspects. Patriachy is popular among the right, they'll say things like wives should submit to their husbands, women would categorically be happier as stay-at-home mothers, and some have opposed women's right to vote.
- Subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race - We are being asked to give up our civil rights, as well as our free trade (via tariffs that nobody wants) for some nonsense efforts from the President and the Republican Party.
- Strong regimentation of society and the economy - Kind of a restatement but again - Tariffs, deploying the military and the police without warrants against citizens and residents who have not been properly accused of any crime, yada yada
I like that your ideological counterparts have made the exact same statements about every administration ever.
Your post does not carry weight just because it is heavy.
When all you have is claims of fascism, everything is a nail.
Despite yours or my agreement on the topic of the day, this admin has pushed more power back to states than any in your lifetime. Those sneaky fascists, always giving up power…
How so? Am I mistaken about the military being deployed like this? Or am I correct but it’s not so bad? Or it is bad but nothing new? Help me out here.
Wikipedia: "Fascism is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy"
- Dictatorial leader - President Trump tries to push things through Executive Orders, which are supposed to go through Congress. And that one guy in his admin said he has "plenary" (I guess meaning total, unquestioned) authority
- Centralized autocracy - "Autocracy is a form of government in which absolute power is held by one person, known as an autocrat. It includes absolute monarchy and all forms of dictatorship, while it is contrasted with democracy and other forms of free government" - Same thing
- Militarism - The President has deployed National Guard and militarized ICE agents to American cities under the guise of improving public safety. The real reason is to terrorize non-white people and prepare for interfering with or preventing the next election. He also attacked ships from another country without any just cause.
- Forcible suppression of opposition - I believe right now Trump's administration is going after an Attorney General? ICE has also been detaining and physically harming people who try to (legally) film them. There is certainly more suppression I'm forgetting and more in the pipeline. The Republican party also generally seemed okay with violence against Democratic Party elected officials. I seem to recall violence against Nancy Pelosi's husband went un-remarked-upon.
- Belief in a natural social hierarchy - I don't have pull quotes from elected officials but there is a lot of white supremacy in the Republican party and among their voter base. They have ideas like "America First" where, when you dig into it, "American" means "pure-blood white person". They also seem to broadly look down on women, gay people, transgender people, the usual suspects. Patriachy is popular among the right, they'll say things like wives should submit to their husbands, women would categorically be happier as stay-at-home mothers, and some have opposed women's right to vote.
- Subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race - We are being asked to give up our civil rights, as well as our free trade (via tariffs that nobody wants) for some nonsense efforts from the President and the Republican Party.
- Strong regimentation of society and the economy - Kind of a restatement but again - Tariffs, deploying the military and the police without warrants against citizens and residents who have not been properly accused of any crime, yada yada