When a country has felt great strain in the past, political change has always been the route that the people have elected to take. Throughout the twentieth century, and into the twenty first century, movements from both ends of the political spectrum have spread all over the world. From the left came the socialist and extreme communist movements, and from the right came the industrialist and extreme fascist movements. With the 2016 presidential election being held in the United States, this pattern has been seen again. In many ways the counterpart for the “Political Revolution” offered by Bernie Sanders is offered by the likely GOP nominee, Donald Trump. Donald Trump, a widely liked and hated man, has been called many names. One of these terms
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At the beginning of his campaign, he stated that his plan for immigration reform was to construct a large wall across the US-Mexican border. This ideal of separation parallels that of Hitler’s ideals in fascist Nazi-Germany. He plans to racially purify the United States by isolating the US from Mexico, which is a country who he says sends the US “rapists and criminals.” When Hitler was in power, he believed that by sending the Jewish People, along with the mentally ill, communists, and homosexuals, to ghettos and concentration camps. He would separate the people he saw as pure from the people who did not fit his societal ideals. In addition, by posing a muslim registry as a program to limit terrorism by extremists of Islam, Trump again mimics policies seen in Nazi Germany. By forcing Jewish people to wear gold stars, Hitler targeted the Jewish Population. A muslim registry would be a form of modern day gold stars. This idea of separation relates to fascism in the sense that a main idea of fascism is labeling one group, white workers for Trump, as the victims, and blaming another group, immigrants and Muslims for Trump, as the perpetrators of their problems. In addition, in response to the attacks in Paris where over a hundred people were killed by ISIL terrorists, Trump claimed that “if the people so violently shot down in Paris had guns, at least they would have had a fighting chance.” This …show more content…
While debate on this subject is heavy, according to a HuffPost/YouGov poll, only 30% of Americans believe that Donald Trump is not a fascist. This means that Americans from all political backgrounds agree that Trump is a fascist. Through overwhelming evidence, it is clear to see that Trump is a fascist. It is understandable how in a country with growing legitimate concerns of the economy and social standing people could turn to a fascist leader as they did in Germany and Italy. This led to the rise of Trump, who is evidently a
At the beginning of his campaign, he stated that his plan for immigration reform was to construct a large wall across the US-Mexican border. This ideal of separation parallels that of Hitler’s ideals in fascist Nazi-Germany. He plans to racially purify the United States by isolating the US from Mexico, which is a country who he says sends the US “rapists and criminals.” When Hitler was in power, he believed that by sending the Jewish People, along with the mentally ill, communists, and homosexuals, to ghettos and concentration camps. He would separate the people he saw as pure from the people who did not fit his societal ideals. In addition, by posing a muslim registry as a program to limit terrorism by extremists of Islam, Trump again mimics policies seen in Nazi Germany. By forcing Jewish people to wear gold stars, Hitler targeted the Jewish Population. A muslim registry would be a form of modern day gold stars. This idea of separation relates to fascism in the sense that a main idea of fascism is labeling one group, white workers for Trump, as the victims, and blaming another group, immigrants and Muslims for Trump, as the perpetrators of their problems. In addition, in response to the attacks in Paris where over a hundred people were killed by ISIL terrorists, Trump claimed that “if the people so violently shot down in Paris had guns, at least they would have had a fighting chance.” This …show more content…
While debate on this subject is heavy, according to a HuffPost/YouGov poll, only 30% of Americans believe that Donald Trump is not a fascist. This means that Americans from all political backgrounds agree that Trump is a fascist. Through overwhelming evidence, it is clear to see that Trump is a fascist. It is understandable how in a country with growing legitimate concerns of the economy and social standing people could turn to a fascist leader as they did in Germany and Italy. This led to the rise of Trump, who is evidently a