(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Gleichschaltung: deconstructing Donald's administrative state with pods [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-07-14 Should Trump apologize for trying to overthrow the government with that soupçon of violence? That was a question asked by a MSM commentator after the Biden televised speech to the nation. Steve Bannon, who will be released from prison in time to cast a ballot, continues to insist on the same terms as Project 2025, to replace civil service employees and the DoJ with Trump loyalists, because the spoils system should return, reminding us of the the 1881 assassination of James A. Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau as revenge for the latter being denied a consulship. A trump presidency will install no differently than a SCOTUS judiciary, a generation of Trumpification, when January 20, 2025, will be accountability day, With his spectacular political instincts, directly after the assassination attempt on his life, Donald Trump told the Secret Service agents surrounding him, “wait, wait”, and raised his fist to the crowd, creating one of the more powerful visual effects of recent times. Right before being swept off stage, he mouthed the words, a message to his supporters, “fight fight.” The Nazi term Gleichschaltung or "coordination" was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler — leader of the Nazi Party in Germany — successively established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of German society "from the economy and trade associations to the media, culture and education" en.wikipedia.org/... Fascism is a cult of the leader, who promises national restoration in the face of the supposed threat to the nation of humiliation and destruction by liberals, feminists, LGBT, and immigrants. Treating democracy and its institutions – the press, schools, and the courts - as decadent, weak, and controlled by Marxists, a fascist leader promises to replace them with loyalists to him and his party (a process the Nazis termed “Gleichschaltung”). Despite creating disorder and being themselves utterly lawless, the fascist leader promises to crack down on crime (whether the crime wave is real or imaginary). In the vital framework of Ruth Ben-Ghiat, fascists leaders are typically “strongmen”, whose appeal depends on the desire of the public for a macho leader, who protects the nation’s families from these illusory threats. Since the inception of the theoretical literature on fascism, theorists have connected this politics to the appeal of the ideology of patriarchy. It is exactly what we are witnessing today. The world has recently seen the situation America faces before, and it should serve as a warning. One month before Brazil’s 2018 presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate for the election, was stabbed at a campaign rally. Like Trump, Bolsonaro’s candidacy was based on a politics of strutting masculinity, taking as its targets LGBT and crime, promising to place weapons in the hands in the hands of many more Brazilians. The stabbing increased Bolsonaro’s popularity, and made explicit criticism of him difficult for some time. The U.S. election is further away, but we can expect the dynamics to be similar. zeteo.com/… x From 1934 to 1945 German soldiers had to swear a Fuehrereid of loyalty to Hitler instead of to the German Constitution. On June 2 US Joint Chiefs of Staff were reminded of their pledge to the US Constitution. pic.twitter.com/XgOm3Uewpx — Anne Nelson (@anelsona) June 6, 2020 The Nazi term Gleichschaltung (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlaɪçʃaltʊŋ] ⓘ) or "coordination" was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler — leader of the Nazi Party in Germany — successively established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of German society "from the economy and trade associations to the media, culture and education".[1] Although the Weimar Constitution remained nominally in effect until Germany's surrender following World War II, near total Nazification had been secured by the 1935 resolutions approved during the Nuremberg Rally, when the symbols of the Nazi Party and the state were fused (see Flag of Nazi Germany) and German Jews were deprived of their citizenship (see Nuremberg Laws). en.wikipedia.org/... [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/14/2254284/-Gleichschaltung-deconstructing-Donald-s-administrative-state-with-pods?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/