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February 4, 2021
On January 6, Trump supporters gathered at a rally at Washington DCs Ellipse Park, regaled by various figures from Trump world, including Donald Trump Jr. and Rudy Giuliani. Directly following Giulianis speech, the organizers played a video. To a scholar of fascist propaganda, well-versed in the history of the National Socialists pioneering use of videos in political propaganda, it was clear, watching it, what dangers it portended. In it, we see themes and tactics that history warns pose a violent threat to liberal democracy. Given the aims of fascist propaganda to incite and mobilize the events that followed were predictable.
Before decoding what the video presents, it is important to take a step back and discuss the structure of fascist ideology and how it can mobilize its most strident supporters to take violent actions.
https://vimeo.com/508134765
I. The Fascist Framework
Increasingly central to Trumpism is the QAnon conspiracy theory, which, as many commentators have now pointed out, closely resembles Nazi anti-Semitic myths. QAnon is just the most obvious manifestation of the increasing parallels between Trumpism and Hitlers framework itself. Indeed, several contemporary fascist and white supremacist movements find similar roots in the framework Hitler developed, even if they did not culminate in such extreme actions as the Nazis.
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https://www.justsecurity.org/74504/movie-at-the-ellipse-a-study-in-fascist-propaganda/
A shorter read is at https://www.rawstory.com/trump-propaganda-video-nazi-like/
Oldem
(833 posts)a small group of politicians has reaped the rewards while the people get none of the politicians. That's a typical warping of the truth: A small group of the wealthiest Americans have reaped the rewards of QOP policies while ordinary people pay the price. I hope the Biden administration is successful in reversing the last tax cut for the wealthy. And I hope he can get his stimulus package through congress, as well as his plans to create new jobs in rebuilding the infrastructure and producing means of renewable energy. Replace all these repug lies with Democratic (and democratic) policies.
Jim__
(14,045 posts)... who are already convinced.