With the “spectre” of right-wing populism haunting Europe, an outpouring of vitriolic hate speech from GOP candidates in the US, and Trump’s sinister comment, “Things will be done that we never thought would happen in this country”, the question that is constantly being tossed back and forth over the internet was almost Inevitable: are we slipping under the shadow of fascism again?
In one camp, writers from Salon, the Week and Slate, argue that Trump possess all the traits to spearhead a fascist movement; a personality cult, considerable support, zealous nationalism, a desire to ethnically purge the country and to save it from its current decline – all in order to ‘Make America Great Again’.
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