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MAYBE in 2004 --- I don't remember worries about incipient fascism before that --- (maybe 1984??) in 2000 virtually the entire left argued that a vote for Gore was worthless ...most of us didn't think Bush would be as bad as he turned out to be ... It is possible that Bush's policies in office spooked a lot of lefties into wanting to get into bed with liberals --- I confess I'm guilty --- hence the fears expressed in 2004 and the (now ridiculous) enthusiasm for Obama in 2008 .... But anyone with eyes and ears in 2016 should have seen fascism coming in the person of Trump and his coalition ... On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 5:43 PM, Mark Lause <markala...@gmail.com> wrote: > We've heard this "true danger of fascism" argument every election in my > lifetime. > > Aside from his record-level miserable character, Trump's been able to be > as awful as he has been precisely because the Democrats have been > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com