Jason Stanley Warns: "America Is Now in Fascism's Legal Phase" Amanpour and Company

[Trueblue Texan]

3. This is EXCELLENT and explains...

...why the Republicans are willing to put their base at risk: to escalate fear in the public at large and facilitate the mindset that the public needs the protection of a strongman, authoritarian leader to keep them safe.

I've always suspected Trump was just a pawn in a bigger plot and this information makes that more plausible. Trump supporters don't seem to understand that Trump is just a place holder. The 75-year old will not hold up much longer and what they get to replace him may make some right wingers realize they've jumped from the frying pan into the fire. But it will be too late to save our nation and therefore democracies across the globe.

They need to consider which authoritarian would they trust to wield control over the biggest arsenal of weapons in the world. Powder keg. Socialism upsets right wingers, but they seem to have no problem with fascism and the corruption it facilitates.