Steve Bannon.

[BengalHawk62]

(02-13-2017, 03:57 PM)Benton Wrote: To the bold, that seems to be the popular thought, especially given the duties Bannon has been given that Trump doesn't seem interested in. Who needs security meetings on national security when you've got a leader in propaganda to make those decisions for you  while you're busy running your company?

It's not too different than Bush-Cheney, where the belief was Bush was just the likable puppet while Cheney was letting him be president. That was supported by the business decisions of the executive branch (and Congress, really) during that time. But, as with the current situation, only those two will probably ever know.



Trump's "so-called judge" tiff, advocating for the government's ability to take your stuff if you're accused of a crime, attacks on political opponents, net neutrality (which isn't about neutrality, but limiting access to information), etc.

I get that the term "fascist" got thrown around a lot over the last 8 years. It was laughably incorrect. Obama was a lot of things, but if you look at what people generally got pissed about — working with other countries, not "forcing" Congress to stop stonewalling, working to increase refugees and make immigration easier, preventing private businesses from capitalizing off workers or resources  — he was the opposite of a fascist. Or, more correctly, the opposite of what Trump has advocated or done so far.

It doesn't have any thing to do with physical force, but the style of management and, often, that it only benefits members of the party. In that regard, Trump is probably the biggest fascist our country has seen, although some would say Roosevelt was, but that's debatable. Reducing regulations isn't necessarily anti-fascism. Fascism is concerned with a powerful central government (which we have) and access to it; it's got nothing to do with the government monitoring rain water run-off from large ag producers or allowing banks to go batshit with investments again. An authoritative government will intervene in those when it benefits them... you know, like saying "hey, Nordstrom's you should be nice to my daughter." Members of the party get better benefits — access to lawmakers, the offer to squash opponents, businesses that play ball not getting penalized as he's threatened.

In regard to Google, they made that change nearly a year ago. So...

So......you're saying the orange clad Oompa-Lumpa is more Mussolini than the mustachioed german?  


......Ok.