Seriously, since the 1990s all politicians and journalists have done is to slowly accommodate the alt-right forces, both by not recognize what they really are ("They are not really fascists, all they do is to act fascists, sometimes, when the veil drops") and more importantly by sliding to the right to gain votes, which they of course doesn't get, so they slide even further to the right, inch by inch every election.
"Will Putin now "denazify" Europe as the far-right surges? Or will Russian fascists make friends with them? Or both?"
-M Andeeva
"Russia has been funding & providing all logistical support to far-right parties & Nazi grps. RU even trained Nazi grps in its PARAMIL camps inside RU. RU has been doing the same in US & targets both extremes-."
-W Seligman
"...In a high-risk political gamble, less than two months before #Paris hosts the #Olympics, he said lower house elections would be called for June 30, with a second-round vote on July 7..."
The new "Axis of Evil" has been under construction. The threat of a new, enlarged axis of evil is all the greater for the United States' increasing neo-isolationism from nazi Republicans.
"At its root, Faragism is a project to take this country further and further to the right. And from Brexit through to Suella Braverman, it has worked. Its most devoted support in this project has been the media, which sees leaving the EU or denying care system migrant workers as essential and easy tasks, while taxing the rich or investing in public services are swivel-eyed Marxism"
Aditya Chakrabortty on Nigel Farage.
"In 2021, C Palihapitiya -Dem Party megadonor -considered running for CA gov. on a mod.-sounding platform. He's gone full #MAGA -funding convicted FELON Trump -is BIZARRE & EXTREME. SF tech leader G Tan is closely aligned with B Srinivasan, who wants to purge Dems. Tan has depicted YC, where he’s CEO, as part of Srinivasan’s “NET state” mvt. -nightmarishly authoritarian." @gilduran https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/donald-trump-san-francisco-19495231.php
The GOP wants the Christian version of violent ethnonationalist state in the US. European far-right parties want something similar. They go after Muslims, immigrants, women's rights, LGBTQ rights, etc. If the far-right strengthens in Europe and #Trump gets elected in the US, say goodbye to the postwar liberal order. #fascism
I am rather mystified by all those Americans who believe that a #Trump victory will somehow cause Americans to rise up, overthrow the corrupt system, and install a Glorious Socialist Utopia.
A far more likely result is that most white liberals will hunker down and try to get on with their lives while the country gets more and more oppressive while marginalized communities try to fight for their survival like they have already done for decades.
Seriously, I see no reason why a fascist takeover of the USA should play out any differently than their counterparts in 20th century Europe. Even if there is an anti-fascist uprising, I don't expect it to be any more successful than they were in the Spanish Civil War.