I think you're just a little too gleeful.

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I think you're just a little too gleeful.

RobVG — 11/29/2015 7:24:46 PM (archived)

So Trump fits a few parts of a hazy definition and that makes you happy, but you've said nothing about how the US would fall to fascism under trump. But I could could see you silently applauding this article about the current fascist
America. A vision I just don't see. At least not from that angle.

I think you need to look at fascism as an economic system and see where trump fits in.

We need a little more than "I know a fascist when I see one".

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Defining fascism--a little light reading - Robert - 11/25/2015 10:02:19 PM
- A superb description of the Republican Party with their goosestep members of Congress. - bowser - 12/2/2015 4:20:31 AM
  - Hey, Bowser, grab some popcorn! - TB - 12/2/2015 4:31:21 AM
    - Can't argue the facts, can you. Remember the pledge they had to sign? - bowser - 12/3/2015 4:59:32 AM
    - Who's up for a Mobius award? n/t - RobVG - 12/2/2015 6:12:32 AM
- It's funny, even you guys have to look up the definition of fascist.....n/t - RobVG - 11/26/2015 4:00:35 AM
  - Do you already know one? - Robert - 11/26/2015 6:40:43 AM
    - Please.. - RobVG - 11/26/2015 6:43:11 PM
      - OK, the long way round, you're saying you don't think Trump is a Fascist - Robert - 11/26/2015 10:20:05 PM
        
        I think you're just a little too gleeful. - RobVG - 11/29/2015 7:24:46 PM
        
        "Glee" is the wrong word - Robert - 11/30/2015 4:16:23 AM
        
        I'm sorry you took offense Robert - RobVG - 12/1/2015 3:08:56 AM
        
        If you are really asking a question: - TB - 11/30/2015 5:45:51 PM
        
        Racism was more of a prominent example than the sole characteristic - Robert - 12/1/2015 2:24:14 AM
        
        Excellent post. - ER - 11/30/2015 10:27:22 PM
        
        It wasn't that Eco, or even Robert, were wrong. - TB - 12/1/2015 4:09:07 AM
        
        Your ideology is showing. - ER - 12/1/2015 2:59:18 PM
        
        I should hope so. - TB - 12/1/2015 6:31:48 PM
        
        A Wikepedia citation? - mcfly - 12/1/2015 10:15:06 PM
        
        Hear that ER? - TB - 12/2/2015 12:31:57 AM
        
        Pick that cherry! - mcfly - 12/2/2015 1:09:52 AM
        
        Heh, sorry. ER uses Wikepedia a lot, too. - TB - 12/2/2015 1:25:31 AM
        
        Read my post again and think about it. Sorry it was so subtle. - mcfly - 12/2/2015 1:40:17 AM
        
        Or you could just explain it. - TB - 12/2/2015 1:46:13 AM
        
        I have a problem with *your* methodology - mcfly - 12/2/2015 2:33:16 AM
        
        C'mon McFly - RobVG - 12/2/2015 6:21:07 AM
        
        I'm curious about something - Robert - 12/1/2015 7:41:27 PM
        
        Waiting for links on the "economic studies." - TB - 12/1/2015 9:23:49 PM
        
        ding! ding! ding! - Robert - 12/2/2015 12:10:17 AM
        
        raga man - ER - 12/2/2015 2:06:25 AM
        
        Cute. - TB - 12/2/2015 2:05:07 AM
        
        Did you know your data removed capital gains from the equation in order to look like that? - RL - 12/2/2015 3:08:17 AM
        
        I don't think that changes it being flat. - TB - 12/2/2015 3:37:53 AM
        
        You KNOW it does... - RL - 12/2/2015 3:58:12 AM
        
        Dude, I quoted the paper you handed me. - TB - 12/2/2015 4:29:08 AM
        
        The very first place I looked, right at the top of the stack... - ER - 12/1/2015 10:26:13 PM
        
        Well... - TB - 12/2/2015 12:58:08 AM
        
        Don't patronize me, Tom. - ER - 12/2/2015 2:38:55 AM
        
        Heh. Don't you mean "Tommy?" - TB - 12/2/2015 2:49:13 AM
        
        And... - RL - 12/2/2015 12:35:55 AM
        
        There is a methodology problem... - TB - 12/2/2015 1:21:27 AM
        
        I am curious, TB - RL - 12/2/2015 2:04:44 AM
        
        That's just insulting - mcfly - 12/2/2015 1:38:37 AM
        
        Bringing engineers in probably wouldn't hurt. :) - TB - 12/2/2015 1:57:09 AM
        
        Do we have any? - ER - 12/2/2015 2:37:16 AM
        
        Do Lasers count? - RL - 12/2/2015 3:37:05 AM
        
        Lasers definitely count! - TB - 12/2/2015 3:46:05 AM
        
        Re: Do we have any? - TB - 12/2/2015 2:56:21 AM
        
        I used to draw maps. - ER - 12/2/2015 3:06:16 AM
        
        That's tech, too. - TB - 12/2/2015 3:48:40 AM
        
        And yet another insult - mcfly - 12/2/2015 2:35:19 AM
        
        I'm sorry. Didn't know you were a social scientist. - TB - 12/2/2015 2:39:25 AM
        
        A rising tide lifts all yachts - mcfly - 12/1/2015 10:46:53 PM
        
        They want more. - ER - 12/1/2015 8:43:31 PM
        
        In the wild west... - ER - 12/1/2015 7:21:33 PM
        
        Thanks for that - mcfly - 11/30/2015 11:44:20 PM
        
        I'm tending to agree with TB on this - Tony - 11/30/2015 8:37:30 PM
        
        Have you read this whole thread? - TB - 11/30/2015 6:14:57 AM
        
        Are you nuts? - Robert - 11/30/2015 6:23:58 AM
        
        Unclear answer. - TB - 11/30/2015 7:58:56 AM
        
        Its perfectly clear to me, - ER - 11/30/2015 2:00:02 PM
      - They're in the "furious gibbering" phase. - TB - 11/26/2015 7:45:41 PM
        
        Who's in "furious gibbering phase?" - mcfly - 11/27/2015 3:15:55 AM
        
        Tommy tries desperately to hold back the liberal flood - ER - 11/26/2015 7:58:39 PM
      - I don't think Trump is making any effort NOT to be shoehorned. - ER - 11/26/2015 7:20:22 PM
      - Be honest Rob... - RL - 11/26/2015 7:17:01 PM
    - I don't think Trump has a political ideology... - RL - 11/26/2015 4:54:13 PM
      - Liberals should also beware of spending too much effort fighting Trump. - ER - 11/26/2015 5:24:21 PM
  - That's because there IS NO definition of fascist. - ER - 11/26/2015 4:19:57 AM
    - Look up number 14 in Eco's list. - TB - 11/26/2015 5:34:36 PM
      - Precision of language? - ER - 11/26/2015 5:50:49 PM
        
        Wow... just...WOW - RL - 11/26/2015 6:05:09 PM
- Fascism is the dictatorship of the middle class. - ER - 11/26/2015 12:42:39 AM
- Definitions - ER - 11/26/2015 12:00:06 AM

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