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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:27 AM Oct 2017

Let's compare Trump and Mussolini, shall we ?

I don't know much about Il Duce, so I'll need help here.

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”
The quote by Mussolini, of course.

Ok, your turn, please.

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Let's compare Trump and Mussolini, shall we ? (Original Post) steve2470 Oct 2017 OP

Pointed out during the campaign, they have similar mannerisms... Wounded Bear Oct 2017 #1

excellent nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #2

Thanks, I'm one of those folks who relate visually with ideas... Wounded Bear Oct 2017 #4

lots of stuff at that search LOL steve2470 Oct 2017 #5

web search steve2470 Oct 2017 #6

Both are and were extremely nationalist nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #3

Same look. MFM008 Oct 2017 #7

do not look at this if you hate seeing dead bodies.... steve2470 Oct 2017 #8

I worked for the police MFM008 Oct 2017 #12

Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #13

Il Duce Deuce MGKrebs Oct 2017 #9

Salon has an article up now . . . peggysue2 Oct 2017 #10

+1 nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #11

Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)

1. Pointed out during the campaign, they have similar mannerisms...

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:35 AM

Oct 2017

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

2. excellent nt

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:36 AM

Oct 2017

Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)

4. Thanks, I'm one of those folks who relate visually with ideas...

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:41 AM

Oct 2017

There are tons of examples. I'm far from the only one who noticed.

Just google Trumpolini.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

5. lots of stuff at that search LOL

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:43 AM

Oct 2017

https://www.google.com/search?q=Trumpolini&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW4ITV6u3WAhUIYiYKHVlcAowQ_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=581&dpr=1.5

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

6. web search

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:45 AM

Oct 2017

https://www.google.com/search?q=Trumpolini&newwindow=1&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGtO-E6-3WAhWJWCYKHa9LAfgQ_AUICSgA&biw=1280&bih=581&dpr=1.5

https://refusefascism.org/2017/01/23/trumpolini-beware/

It was hard to listen to Trump’s inaugural address without hearing some not-so-faint echoes of fascism.

The most obvious was his invocation of “America First” as the “new vision” that “will govern our land.” But it’s not a new vision or a new name. In fact, “America First” was the name of the isolationist and anti-Semitic organization in the 1930s that wanted to accommodate Nazi Germany.

But there were other echoes as well….

Like 20th century fascists, he extolled the nation’s “glorious destiny.” He saluted “the great men and women of our military and law enforcement.”

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

3. Both are and were extremely nationalist nt

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Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:39 AM

Oct 2017

MFM008

(19,808 posts)

7. Same look.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:42 AM

Oct 2017

Deserve the same ending.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

8. do not look at this if you hate seeing dead bodies....

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:45 AM

Oct 2017

scroll down.....

Mussolini is second from left.

MFM008

(19,808 posts)

12. I worked for the police

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 02:42 PM

Oct 2017

seen way worse pictures.
Like I said....... maggot deserves the same ending.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

13. Hear, hear!

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 02:44 PM

Oct 2017

MGKrebs

(8,138 posts)

9. Il Duce Deuce

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:58 AM

Oct 2017

- Extreme nationalism, aka "America First" aka "American Exceptionalism"
- Supreme leader mentality
- Loyalty above all else

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)

10. Salon has an article up now . . .

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:21 PM

Oct 2017

that specifically asks: Can we call Trump a fascist now?

There's a list of what would constitute a fascist regime. It's not the only list; I've read others. But the point is we've allowed an Administration to take root which is in opposition to a Democratic Republic. Republicans are loathe to admit that what Trump stands for is an extension of what they've become: authoritarian, nationalistic bullies pressing those Bibles to their withered hearts while wrapping themselves in the American flag.

The behavior and policies are anti-democratic, treacherous, even treasonous.

It's time to call this circus out for what it is: despicable, unAmerican, fascist.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

11. +1 nt

Reply to peggysue2 (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:23 PM

Oct 2017

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