Fascism isn't just a challenge to my political thinking; it's an existential threat against me and my loved ones.
Could you please define the core tenants of fascism please. With NeoGAF.com no longer waging its lonely fight I was able to resurrect Giovanni and we can compare notes.
I believe "fascism" is a popular nationalist movement funded by the ruling capitalist class, enforced by the military and policy (between whom there is little distinction at this point), and led by a fiery and charismatic populist.
See there's a lot of terms here that need to be defined, like populist with both your descriptive being quite subjective. And since all law is ultimately enforced by the police and military that's doesn't do much to distinct fascism from any other ideology. So we have a popular nationalist movement which has to be true since he won, but doesn't make things any more distinct because when have American Presidential campaigns not be nationalist in ideology? So again you need to be a bit more specific in your definition.
So we're left with that movement being funded by the ruling capitalist class. Something I'm sure the ruling capitalist class of Italy and Germany enjoyed when they were subsumed into the state by a nationalism opposed to them holding power over the nation.
Thankfully, we have a tiny bit of freedom of speech/press/assembly allowed in our elections and it's mostly disclosed so we can take a look at who is funding who.
Hillary Clinton and related groups raised $795 million, of which only $106 million were individuals donating $200 or less to her campaign. Donald Trump and related groups raised $342 million, of which only $87 million were individuals donating $200 or less to his campaign. In third place, Bernie Sanders raised $229 million of which $135 million were individuals donating $200 or less. Marco Rubio was fourth at $163 million, with a mere $14 million of that from the small donors. Jeb was fifth at $155 million with an incredible $2 million from small donors.
I'll put it in percentages so that Jeb! can win.
Jeb: 98.7%
Rubio: 91.4%
Hillary: 86.7%
Trump: 74.6%
Bernie: 41.0%
But obviously these people were running against one another, right? So we have Clinton at $689 million in big or unknown donors vs. a combined $349 million in big or unknown donors for Donald Sanders. And we have Trump at $255 million in big or unknown donors vs. a combined $302 million for
just Marco Bush.
Outside groups fall like this:
Clinton: $231 million
Jeb!: $122 million
Rubio: $111 million
Trump: $75 million
Bernie: $934,993
It all almost makes you wonder how much of an existential threat this fascist movement that NeoGAF.com alone was holding back with internet posts is when it's so vaguely defined that the ruling capitalist class can't even figure out which FIERY and CHARISMATIC populist's popular nationalist movement they're supposed to be funding.
