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American philosopher
Comparisons between recent U.S. events and Nazi Germany’s rise are being made across academic and media outlets, arguing that tactics like propaganda, institutional erosion, and crisis exploitation re...
Historians and scholars have produced credible, repeated arguments that , including exclusionary nationalism, creation of enemies, and appeals to authoritarian strength, as articulated by figures such...
Scholars define fascism as a set of political behaviors—obsessive nationalism, scapegoating, violent mobilization, destruction of democratic norms, and centralization of state power—distinct from but ...
Jason Stanley’s analyses and the historical overview converge on a compact set of fascist-propaganda features: . Comparing a 2025 theoretical account with later summaries of propaganda mechanics and N...
Scholars and commentators have identified specific lines in several of Donald Trump’s speeches and posts that they describe as echoing fascist rhetoric, pointing to language that dehumanizes opponents...
Debate among scholars, journalists and activists over whether Donald J. Trump’s rhetoric and policies display “features of fascism” is intense and unresolved: many commentators and several academics l...