Posted on 08/25/2015 1:58:59 PM PDT by dschapin
I am honestly getting a little scared of what I see happening in politics at the moment. Trump seems to be creating a personality cult where his supporters don’t seem to care what they are supporting provided he attacks the people they don’t like. I am starting to feel a little bit like a German citizen in the early 1930’s watching normally rational conservatives start to cultishly follow a strong leader who they thought would fight back and stop the communists.
Seriously if I had to pick a political philosophy for the Trump movement I would say that it is fascism for the following reasons.
1. Trump's support of and past involvement in crony capitalism (such as his support for using the condemnation power of the state to take property for private parties with good government connections).
2. Trump's followers extreme desire for a strong leader and almost mystical belief that he can fix things without caring what his beliefs or idealogy is.
3. Trump's support for a type of nationalism that is starting to push into the overtly rascist and nativist realm.
4. The delight that Trump seems to take in personally demeaning and attempting to destroy anyone who opposes him. And the way that his followers cheer him on in so including supporting him using sexist slurs against Megan Kelly for doing her job as a journalist.
5. Finally, the fact that Trump and his supporter seem to have no concern for the constitution or the separation of powers.
I love some of the stuff Trump is saying, but still...can you spot Donald Trump’s character in this:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-05/road-serfdom-cartoons
I agree!
^^This, I hope^^, and
4. .....against Megan Kelly for doing her job as a journalist.
Are you freaking kidding me? A journalist? LOL! Megan deserved to have her ass handed to her.
If you use leftist talking points (and you have), what am I left to conclude? It’s like arguing that Satan merely had a “differing opinion” from his Creator.
And your emotional reply here only reinforces that perception on my part.
What the h*ll are you smoking?
Some conservatives are literally afraid of their own shadow.
As I recall from my readings, Mussolini said the Keystone of fascism is the primacy of the state over the individual. The rest of it, ex. nationalism, are just a means to establishing and maintaining the keystone. Someone should ask Trump whether he values individual liberty over “the state”. Of course he could pull and Obama, and lie.
Was your concern just as strong when Obama ran?
Greg Moore, who replaced him as AFP’s New Hampshire director, said his old boss excels at the “blocking and tackling” of political agitation.
“He always made sure the ‘i’s are dotted and ‘t’s are crossed,” said Moore. “I assure you the trains will run on time.”
Hayek predicted as much.
Cupcake cant see that.
I agree with your analysis.
Trump is not a conservative. At his core he remains a NYC liberal -— first a Democrat, now a Republican. Think Giuliani and Bloomberg.
Trump is out for himself. An egomaniac of the first order who is driving his candidacy by building his own cult of personality on the emotional fragility and irrationality of some folks. And while Trump’s supporters may take him seriously, he still acts like a buffoon.
Don’t be fooled, people.
Look at the bottom of the following page, under “Browsing Location.” See “School.” And most of those from “Work” are from government offices. See?
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/freerepublic.com
That also explains the blitz for socialist candidates and against conservative candidates.
Or did you copy it from some obscure leftwing blog? Sure reads like it. You even got the buzz words and memes down cold.
It’s been a liberal meme for the last week or so that Trump and his supporters are Nazis, George Wallace bigots, etc. Nothing original in this vanity.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.Which would be the liberal and which one the conservative in that scenario?
— Proverbs 28:1
Hyperbole. (Virginia Slims Superslims. Why?)
Trump Kept Hitler’s Speeches by his Bed
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3328744/posts
I’m not sure what to think about Trump. Is he for real? I don’t know. He wasn’t a conservative until “recently”. He seems to be a bit of an egomaniac and I hope he isn’t just saying all this cool sounding stuff just to get elected. I guess we’ll see. But I do admit he worries me because I’m not sure where he really stands.... :-(
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