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Brexit here in the UK and Trump in the USA. Populism has truly taken over the most populous and powerful countries in the Anglosphere that were once looked up to. Why has this happened? If you look at Trump and Brexit, the gatherings are mostly comprised of older generation white people. Why did the most privileged group in society feel the need to push for change?
I guess that's why such people (angry older white males) are afraid of people like Heidi Allen, Jess Philips here in the UK and AOC in the USA. They represent a threat to the real 'establishment'.
Does not even make sense.
Everything you listed, Brexit and Trump, are the result of democratic forces, so you are saying because people do not vote the way you want them to vote, that is now a road to fascism? What logic is that?
The fascism I see here is people like you wanting to dismiss democracy when the vote does not go your way.
Everything you listed, Brexit and Trump, are the result of democratic forces, so you are saying because people do not vote the way you want them to vote, that is now a road to fascism? What logic is that?
The fascism I see here is people like you wanting to dismiss democracy when the vote does not go your way.
"Liberals and progressives" want to remove the 300+ year old electoral college because it's not "fair".
BTW fascism is characterized by selecting a demographic of millions of people, making broad based negative generalizations, then creating a meme that they are unacceptable.
Fascism was actually popularized by Mussolini. And nothing you said applies to Mussolini's Italy.
The rise of fascism resulted from a dissatisfaction with capitalism and democracy. Democracy because it was divisive and dysfunctional(IE it couldn't get anything done). And Capitalism because it mismanaged the country's resources and produced a number of social-problems.
As the saying goes "Mussolini made the trains run on time".
Facism is basically the state, controlling, but not owning, the means of production. Now ask which of our major parties prefers that more.
Fascism is better described as a "public/private partnership". A synergy between corporations and the state for the purpose of growing the economy and serving the national-interests.
Both major parties are basically fascist.
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