Fascism is what Conservatism is under the aegis of post-Revolutionary Modernity. Joseph de Maistre was a Fascist. The Revolution was fought to destroy Conservatism; Conservatism is nothing but the authoritarian throne-and-altar Ancien Regime of Agrarian civilization. Fascism, again, is just what this throne-and-altar authoritarianism comes to, after the Revolution.
It is NO coincidence that the hardest core of Trump's supporters are religious conservatives. These people are Fascists.
What we need to do is distinguish between Conservatives, and the RIGHT. The Right are *Liberals,* they are on the right side of the Left-Right political spectrum (this is the LIBERAL political spectrum, born with the fight against the Ancien Regime).
What happened to the GOP, is that with Trump, the party formally broke into its Right-liberal side, and its Conservative/Fascist side. Conservatives ARE Fascists, they are enemies of our Experiment. Liberals, Right and Left, can have varied and deep disagreements. But Liberals need to unite to defend liberal democracy. It makes me very hopeful that the real Liberals of the Right see the danger and are fighting it.
Fascism is what Conservatism is under the aegis of post-Revolutionary Modernity. Joseph de Maistre was a Fascist. The Revolution was fought to destroy Conservatism; Conservatism is nothing but the authoritarian throne-and-altar Ancien Regime of Agrarian civilization. Fascism, again, is just what this throne-and-altar authoritarianism comes to, after the Revolution.
It is NO coincidence that the hardest core of Trump's supporters are religious conservatives. These people are Fascists.
What we need to do is distinguish between Conservatives, and the RIGHT. The Right are *Liberals,* they are on the right side of the Left-Right political spectrum (this is the LIBERAL political spectrum, born with the fight against the Ancien Regime).
What happened to the GOP, is that with Trump, the party formally broke into its Right-liberal side, and its Conservative/Fascist side. Conservatives ARE Fascists, they are enemies of our Experiment. Liberals, Right and Left, can have varied and deep disagreements. But Liberals need to unite to defend liberal democracy. It makes me very hopeful that the real Liberals of the Right see the danger and are fighting it.