Rick Perlstein concludes an essay revolving around a conversation with John Ganz, author of the forthcoming book "When The Clock Broke," on the subject of American Fascism:
... The most important thing for journalists to cover in this presidential election is not how many votes Donald Trump gets, either in the popular total or the Electoral College. To those subsumed inside his cult of personality, the conclusion is already foregone: If you took a true poll of the American people, swept aside the garbage and the corruption of the kingmakers in the media and the deep state (not to mention all those Democratic officials desperate to do anything to cover up their pedophilic cult)—obviously Donald Trump represents the views of most Americans, and is the only legitimate representative of “the people.” The question is how many will be willing to take up arms for this belief, should the people whose job it is to count the votes come up with the “wrong” answer.If we're sounding like a broken record, it is what it is. This is what you should be seeing if your eyes and minds are open. The hardcore death cult MAGAts -- our American fascists -- are being primed for violence, whether the Malignant Loser wins ("retribution") or loses ("civil war"). Once again, forewarned is forearmed.
Will that be fascism? I’ll quote Jeff Sharlet from our previous interview. “One of the mistakes people make is they say, ‘Well, this doesn’t look like European fascism in 1936.’ Well, because it’s American fascism in 2024.”
