Seven years ago Yale professor Jason Stanley published a book titled “How Fascism Works,” in which he listed ten characteristics of a fascist regime. They are: (1) promotion of a mythic past; (2) heavy use of propaganda; (3) anti-intellectualism; (4) invocation of unreality; (5) promotion of a power hierarchy; (6) victimization by immigrants; (7) law and order; (8) sexual anxiety; (9) denunciation of cosmopolitan cities; and (10) a valorization of self-sufficiency.

The current Trump regime exhibits all ten. Examples:

(1) A mythic past: “Make America Great Again.”

(2) Propaganda: FoxNews, AM talk radio, Trump’s “Truth Social.”

(3) Anti-intellectualism: Trump’s attacks on universities, science, health care, journalists.

(4) Unreality: chronic lying by Trump and his surrogates.

(5) Mono

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