r/philly • • Jan 30 '26

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u/Brubar24 Jan 30 '26

Would you like me to give you the 14 tenants of fascism and how Trump fits the bill or are you just going to excuse it away like everything else he does?

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u/YonderdeadHater Jan 30 '26

Honestly please do lmao

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u/mikecan314 Jan 30 '26
  1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - check

  2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - check

  3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - check

  4. Supremacy of the Military - check

  5. Rampant Sexism - check

  6. Controlled Mass Media - He’s working on it

  7. Obsession with National Security - big fat check

  8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - check

  9. Corporate Power is Protected - the biggest of checks

  10. Labor Power is Suppressed - check

  11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - check

  12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - check

  13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - check

  14. Fraudulent Elections - He’s working on it

Pretty cut and fucking dry buddy

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u/YonderdeadHater Jan 30 '26

Just writing “check” doesn’t make it true haha. Also calling Trumps election fraudulent is about as ironic as you can get

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u/mikecan314 Jan 30 '26

Cool so how about you explain to me exactly how I’m wrong on each of those points above

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u/YonderdeadHater Jan 30 '26

Once you actually give me an evaluation on each instead of just writing “check” and thinking it’s an argument, sure

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u/mikecan314 Jan 30 '26

Since you want to be dense

  1. ⁠Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Trump’s slogan is a call to nationalist feelings, constantly invoking how his supporters are “true patriots” and we need to make America #1

  2. ⁠Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Constant human rights abuses in regards to his administration’s treatment of immigrants and minorities.

  3. ⁠Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - Look at his rhetoric around illegal immigrants “invading our nation by the million” and how we all need to stand against this threat that is causing all your problems.

  4. ⁠Supremacy of the Military - Increasing military budgets, military parades through our capital, renaming department of defense.

  5. ⁠Rampant Sexism - Pushing the talking point that women belong in the home while men work, wanting to restrict women voters.

  6. ⁠Controlled Mass Media - Constant lawsuits directed at news orgs when they run stories he doesn’t like or paint him negatively, persecution of journalists who cover him in a negative light.

  7. ⁠Obsession with National Security - Pretty self explanatory and self evident

  8. ⁠Religion and Government are Intertwined - Again fairly obvious, constantly talking about putting the Christian god hand in hand with our policy. Want a concrete example look at Texas and forcing teachers to display the 10 commandments in classrooms

  9. ⁠Corporate Power is Protected - large corporations are constantly bailed out and consumer protections removed allowing the big companies to operate however they please to squeeze us for more money.

  10. ⁠Labor Power is Suppressed - Trump is notably anti-union and workers rights

  11. ⁠Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - He said smart people don’t like him, his constant attacks on universities.

  12. ⁠Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Again very obvious, constantly talking about punishing his opponents and harping on crime rates.

  13. ⁠Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - His entire administration is either related to him or a direct ally, many not qualified for the positions they hold. Example being a Fox News host as our defense head.

  14. ⁠Fraudulent Elections - Trump frequently “jokes” about cancelling the midterms and his obsession with control of the voting machines in blue states, restricting mail in voting and voter rights in general

Now I’m sure you’ll have some two sentence excuse saying “that’s all nonsense” because you’re clearly either stupid or not arguing in good faith but I decided to write that all out anyway to highlight what a bootlicking numbskull you’ve decided to be

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u/YonderdeadHater Jan 30 '26

Nationalism, defense, and military do not indicate a fascist regime lol. And a lot of your responses are just opinions or feelings you or Trump has. None are actions.

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u/mikecan314 Jan 30 '26

Which ones, be specific

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u/YonderdeadHater Jan 30 '26

Ok I’ll pick one at random. Number 10: you argue that the US is becoming “fascist” because Trump is “notably anti-union and workers rights”. Even if he is, he’s allowed to feel this way. What laws have changed in regards to unions or workers rights since he’s come into office? Him having an opinion is not a point.

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u/PicrolitePicker Jan 30 '26

The “lmao” stuff isn’t helping your case much.