This Happened Here: Amerikaners, Neoliberals, and the Trumping of America by Paul Street
Author:Paul Street [Street, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Violence in Society, Political Ideologies, Social Science, Political Science, Nationalism & Patriotism, Political Freedom, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Corruption & Misconduct
ISBN: 9781032150598
Google: rgFSEAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 59632192
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Beyond the fact that fascism has always been highly performative, Trumpâs rhetoric and âtheaterâ mattered a great deal. When the occupant of the White House regularly channels far-, right conspiracy theories, violent white nationalism, and vile malignant narcissism on a mass scale, great harm results and âdemocratic normsâ are badly âdegradedâ.
âHe's a Wheeler and Dealer, Not an Ideologue ⦠No Challenge to Constitutional Democracyâ
The emeritus Oxford historian Roger Griffin told Matthews that Trump was âabsolutely not a fascistâ because:
Heâs never actually done a Putin and tried to make himself a permanent president, let alone suggest any coherent plan for overthrowing the constitutional system. And I donât even think thatâs in his mind. He is an exploiter, heâs a freeloader. Heâs a wheeler and dealer. And that is not the same as an ideologue â¦. He does not pose a challenge to constitutional democracy.
What he is quite consistently is an illiberal democrat. He is a democrat to the extent that heâs used democratic processes to be where he is, which he doesnât radically challenge ⦠By not calling him fascist, and concentrating on the way he perverts democracy, we see Trump in a different context. We donât see him as Hitler or Mussolini. We see him in a different roguesâ gallery. And the roguesâ gallery is made up of a whole load of dictators throughout history, including Putin and Erdogan and Orbán and Assad today, who have abused constitutionalism and democracy to rationalize their abuse of power and their crimes against humanity.
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