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Moore: Trump is a fascist

 
 
Reply Sun 5 Jun, 2016 03:14 am
(I agree with this. I'm worried.)

Guardian interview with Michael Moore...

June 5, 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/05/michael-moore-interview-where-to-invade-next-donald-trump

Can you explain Donald Trump to a European?

I’m thinking how to put this… I’m sure you’ve noticed Americans are very alpha. Like, we’re number one! We’re number one! We’re the best! Trump is that on steroids. And it’s a tune that Americans like to listen to. Not all Americans, not the majority, but this isn’t going to be an election about the majority. It’s about who’s going to vote. We have a country where we try very hard to get 50% of the people to vote. You have to remember, 80% of this country is either female, people of colour or young adults between the ages of 18 and 35. He has offended all three of these groups to such a large degree there’s no way he could win a majority of women, blacks, Hispanics or young people. That’s off the table. But he can win if the other side stays home, and let me tell you something, nobody is going to be excited to get up that morning and vote for Hillary Clinton, even if you like her. She does not inspire that in people. Trump, on the other hand, inspires his side. It’s like Munich in 1932.

Is it? Is it fascism?

It is fascism, of course it is. Absolutely. Yes. He wants to combine the power of capital with the power of the state and to use the “other” to drive a huge amount of fear into people’s hearts. That’s working well with the 19%, that’s all that’s left of white men in America over the age of 35. The country’s changing but they are not going to go quietly and that’s why you see how big and how angry the whole thing is. I have told people to take it very seriously. Look, of course, he’s a clown. He’s a performance artist. He’s a buffoon. He’s all these things.
 
Kolyo
 
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Reply Sun 5 Jun, 2016 09:14 pm
It's not just leftwing guys like Michael Moore saying it. I saw an article in the Economist that referred to neo fascist parties in Europe's smaller countries as "Europe's Little Trumps."
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Sun 5 Jun, 2016 09:27 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
I'm american and I have never been a "we're number one person."

I do get that we are in danger for reasons that I can't figure out. Did we suddenly produce plackets full of idiots?

I didn't read the Moore thing yet, so no present opinion.

I have expressed elsewhere that I don't know what Trump is about. Fool player, but why?
seac
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2016 12:35 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
I absolutely don't like Hillary being president. Voting Trump. I do not agree with him on everything, but this is America, fascism will not be tolerated. There are other bodies of government that will moderate whatever laws are passed. Look at our current President, he has his hands tied from doing anything drastic.
roger
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2016 03:50 pm
@seac,
Fascism will not be tolerated, and you are voting for Trump. Does it look any different when you put the two statements into one sentence?
RABEL222
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2016 06:31 pm
@ossobuco,
Quote:
Did we suddenly produce plackets full of idiots?


No Osso. It took 36 years of Ronny Raygun evolving conservatism to get here.
ossobuco
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2016 07:45 pm
@RABEL222,
I remember him well, but this guy is worse, obvious to just about anybody, but he is blitzing his way to the top, giving me fodder for thinking the country is full of 1) idiots or 2) bored people looking for a shakeup or 3) some other reason I can't fathom. I understand people liking Bernie, but picking Trump to be President?
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seac
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2016 10:13 pm
@roger,
I personally don't consider Trump a fascist. I am hoping the job as President will mold him into a moderate or at least something better than he is now. For me there is no other choice, I loathe Hillary.
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