WRITING FOR JOSIP Glaurdici GLOBUS
AMERICAN DICTATOR: WHY THE WEST HAS REASON TO FEAR Croatian political scientist from Cambridge: "Trump's plan is clear - to transform the US into a fortress of neo-fascism '

AUTHOR: Josip Glaurdić
POSTED: 20/11/2016. at 15:16

A look professional and personal opus Donald Trump through the last four decades of his public life sine ira et studio - so completely sober and impartial - any comparison with any modern American leader becomes impossible. It is especially incomprehensible tendency of some conservative commentators - among us, in the US - Donald Trump to see the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan. Such a comparison shows the ignorance of the American political development and the president Reagan, who was probably turning in his grave from cartoons she had become his party led by a man who was elected his successor. Reagan and Trump may share some aspects of the conservative economic policies (primarily tax cuts) and an emphasis on social policy, "law and order". Reagan However, he insulted, let alone cursing in the public discourse. He was aware of the importance of the spoken word. His vision of the role of women in society was conservative and belonged to its time, but it was not vulgar or predatory. Reagan was a gentleman. What is no less important, had experience of executive power as governor of California for two terms. Donald Trump, on the other hand, has no executive experience, or any other authority. Finally, no one ever could accuse Reagan of being a Russian sleeper agent. The same, unfortunately, can not say for Donald Trump.
The label of neo-fascism

They deserve it, however, Trump and the people who carried out the campaign and who will receive the reins of power in Washington label (neo) fascism? The line between contemporary showbusiness populism and some new incarnation of fascism is very thin, but still there. However, everything indicates that this line has already traveled wholesale. Although there is no single universally accepted definition of (neo) fascism, most authors agree that political movements can be defined if they meet three criteria groups. First of all, must be based on ultra nationalism that is supported by the myth of the "rebirth" allegedly decaying and decadent nation, as well as a clear nativist (and racist) classification to which social ie. ethnic groups of nations actually belongs. Trumpizam meets this criterion fully. Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again" is itself a distillation of such platforms. A wave of violence against members of ethnic and racial minorities that swept the United States after the election victory Trump - Trump fueled rhetoric - only confirms that the boundaries of social exclusion in Trump's move clearly defined.
The idealization of military power

The second group of criteria definition of fascism is related to the perception of physical force as a legitimate vision of political action - at the national and international arena. Many political commentators believe that the Trump critic of US policy in the Middle East a sign of a certain detachment from the traditional militarism of the Republican right wing. This is a misinterpretation of Trump policy. The idealization of the US unilateral military power in Trumpovoj interpretation actually reached record levels. Trump did not see some great benefits of US allies and NATO, and it seems completely ready to break the taboo of using nuclear weapons ( "What's the use of nuclear weapons if it can not be used?"). Not to talk about his plan dramatic increase in government spending on military equipment and weapons. The situation is even clearer if we consider its domestic politics. Trump and his supporters to violence with a clear view approvingly. Since the violent rhetoric of any kind against Trump demonstrators through promoting the proliferation of light weapons as a legitimate vision of defense against "criminals and terrorists", to the cult of masculinity that is strikingly emerges from every interaction between Trump and his militants. Violence and aggression (verbal and physical) have become the new norm of political life of the United States under the Trump.

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