[ SECRET POST #3367 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3367 ⌋

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Comments

That's an awesome breakdown, but:

[chardmonster]

Would you agree that maybe "authoritarian" is a better word for people studying Trump?

I'm speaking in terms of formal analysis rather than just normal discussion. For the latter you can't really get as visceral as the F word and it's less important to be precise.

Re: That's an awesome breakdown, but:

[(Anonymous)]

To be honest, I think fascist is really much more accurate. The advantage of authoritarian is that it's less freighted and easier to use. But the pitch and tenor of Trump's run - the wild unpredictability, the hostility to the establishment, the faith in the character of the man as savior, the pronounced irrationalism - those are things that are much, much closer to fascism for me than they are to authoritarianism. It's not like he's appealing to a visceral desire for order or spending a ton of time talking about national honor, nor does he as a political figure really have the qualities you'd associate with an authoritarian figurehead. So, really, no, from a political science view I think fascist is a more accurate term. If you wanted to avoid the politicization, I'd go to right-wing populist before authoritarian.