From an excellent article by Salon.com's Chauncey Devega, explaining the fascist core of the MAGA movement and it's cult leader:
"Fascism is first and foremost a form of corrupt power that is not held accountable by the law, 'the institutions,' or the public through voting or other means of oversight or accountability. Trump’s repeated threats of violence and intimidation against the judges, court officers, prosecutors, attorneys general, witnesses, jurors, the Department of Justice, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel Jack Smith, President Biden, and the rule of law more broadly are just one of many such examples of antisocial and pathological behavior.
Public opinion and other research show that Donald Trump’s 'populist' appeal and criminal behavior reflects how his followers support him precisely because he is willing to 'break the rules' to 'get things done' for 'people like them' while engaging in revenge against their shared 'enemies.' Fascism as a form of criminal politics is based upon a crude understanding of power and its limits, where friends and followers are to be rewarded and “the enemy” (however defined) is to be targeted for violence, harassment, and other cruelty because they have little to no protection from the state." (our emphasis)
Envisioning a second Trump regime is like envisioning the takeover of America by a crime organization, shunning laws and punishing those that enforce the laws:
"Like more formal criminal organizations, Trump and his agents will use their power to enrich themselves, advance their own narrow interests, and engage in extortion, shakedowns, and collect protection money while they dispense “favors” and other opportunities to those individuals, groups, and businesses that demonstrate sufficient loyalty and are otherwise of use.
As seen in other fascist and authoritarian-autocratic governments, this corrupt behavior will have a trickle-down effect across American society.
For example, Trump’s promises to be a dictator on 'day one' and to use his unchecked power to dispense rights for oil drilling and other resource exploitation and to 'build the wall' (while of course receiving kickbacks and other personal financial incentives and payments) is a classic way that dictators and other autocrats secure the loyalty and support of elite actors.
Under Dictator Trump, this will be a continuation in a much more extreme and unrestrained manner of how his first regime was one of the most corrupt in American history." (our emphasis)
Please read all of Devega's powerful and timely article. It's the clearest explanation of how the fascist mind is working inside the MAGA movement and its cult leader.
