The Fascist Tradition Behind Trump's Increasingly Violent Rhetoric
Trump echoes a long tradition of outright fascist thought. For fascists have always seen the use of violence as a virtue, not a vice.
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Trump echoes a long tradition of outright fascist thought. For fascists have always seen the use of violence as a virtue, not a vice.
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Donald Trump attends his civil fraud trial in New York City on Oct. 25, 2023. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump’s rhetoric has regularly bordered on the incitement of violence. Lately, however, it has become even more violent. Yet both the press and the public have largely just shrugged their shoulders. As a political philosopher who studies extremism, I believe people should be more worried about this. Mark Milley, the outgoing chairman of the joint chiefs of st