[Edited Message Follows] [Reason: Added paragraph.] On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 03:25 PM, John Edmundson wrote:
> > Yes, Trump's a demagogue and an arsehole. But is he really a fascist? As I > asked in my last message, is the American right actually ready to abandon > its beloved constitution for a fairground barker? My POV, John, expressed earlier this week. ..there is little evidence that Trump is systematically building a private army of paramilitaries nor is the collection of militias which has formed beneath him uniformly fascist. Nonetheless, the threat is real. There will almost certainly again be mass demonstrations and other forms of popular resistance if Trump regains office, and as the US political crisis deepens an even more widespread and violent response to disrupt them can be expected from right wing thugs aided by local law enforcement officials. [...] Something a would-be dictator like Trump lacks is the degree of Big Business support which was provided to the Italian fascists and German Nazis. There is nothing comparable to the threat to private property posed by the rapid growth of Communist parties in those countries in the wake of the Russian Revolution. Absent that threat, the corporate elite above all values order and stability and the preservation of the two party system and other constitutional arrangements which operate in its interests... https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32146` ( https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32146 ) And next day in the same thread: Which is not to say that the Trumpists’ threat to curtail democratic rights and further skew the electoral system in its favour is not very real, only that they are confronted by and will have to overcome a broad ruling class coalition which has formed across the political spectrum from AOC to Dick Cheney with a larger army of followers, more major donors, and the near universal support of the mainstream media. https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32176 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32275): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32275 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108411255/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
