For Trumpites, fascism is a feature, not a bug [View all]
Many people seem to think the Trump/MAGA crowd will abandon Trumpism once investigations reveal the movement's fascist aspirations.
But, does anyone here doubt the Trump base WANTS fascism?
For years, they have repeated the lie that the United States is not a democracy. Never mind that a "constitutional republic," as they refer to it, IS a type of democracy.
They have been training conservatives for a time when democracy is virtually eliminated. I'm pretty sure that their end game is to retain the trappings of the republic, similar to how the first few Roman emperors retained the facade of the Roman Republic. That way, people could pretend that the autocracy was consistent with the US Constitution.
But to pull that off, the right needs to put as much daylight as possible between the the words "republic" and "democracy."
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