Is Donald Trump a Fascist? | Robert Reich

What makes a fascist?
-Rejecting democracy for a strongman
-Stoking rage against cultural elites
-Nationalism based on “superior” race
-Glorifying strength and warriors
-Disdain of women and LGBTQ+ people
These five elements find exact expression in Donald Trump.

[@RBReich]

Donald Trump is a fascist. Use the word.

[@namvet1968]

Mr. Reich, you are spot on! Kudos.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

You are real fascist reich.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@namvet1968 you shouldn't encourage this propagandist.

[@Maga-is-desperate]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Point proven! You are a fascist!

[@Maga-is-desperate]

@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. Congratulations! You’re a fascist!

[@ld4974]

"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross" - Sinclair Lewis

[@Eldritch-1]

Carrying a grudge and wrapped in diaper.

[@grghkllb3875]

Carrying a cell phone and a McDonald's hamberder.

[@mitch_the_-itch]

You nasty Communists and Fascists are Americas enemy within. Both are far left Socialist anti American ideologies. Show me ONE right wing American in history that has advocated any flavor of European Socialism. ONE? Its an absurd idea on its face. Silly Bernie Bro. People with crosses and American flags hate Fascism because its a Euro Socialist ideology.

[@SSJfraz]

Carrying a series of illegally retained classified documents and a can of coke.

[@kalijasin]

That has been proven true.

[@tony-gy2bq]

And, above all, accuse your enemy of what you are already doing.

[@t.j.mcfadden7993]

That's exactly what Reich is doing.

[@christopherperdue977]

​@@t.j.mcfadden7993 That's what all Democrats do.

[@Joe-ey7cu]

The danger does not lie in one man, the danger lies in those that carry out orders.

[@MorningNapalm]

And in the one man who unites them.

[@joshfriedman9775]

Dude, trump literally lies more than he tells the truth. He should never be allowed to be president again.

[@hendrixj.8356]

You’d be surprised the extremes one will go to who is “carrying out orders”

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

sure. kind of like the horrible and fascist covid mandates by democrats huh? yep

[@harveysengers1379]

So, take away the orders 🤷

[@colinwhite5355]

I’m a U.K. citizen living in U.K. It’s a mess, here, but it’s US politics I follow, daily. What happens next, in the US, is vital for the entire planet. It’s terrifying.

[@yaimavol]

I think you would agree that Joe Biden has been a disaster for the UK. We're on the brink of war with Russia, because of the weakness he projects. China/Russia just did a joint exercise of the coast of Alaska. China it seems clearly wants a war to establish their dominance. Biden is so weak they do not fear him.

[@treseoreilly1953]

First, he is a malignant narcissist, drawing on those without goals or ambitions and they see him at as someone who will take care of them. Second, his father was a member of the KKK and it gave trump the sense of entitlement he stills has today. Third, if he is elected nothing will stand in his way, he could possibly become president for life. I now see the States as a threat to Canada and the world. I hope I'm not around to see him dismantle everything the US stands for as it becomes a dictatorship state. He is a true bully with a big playground..

[@rudysmith1552]

I’m hoping the US collapses or goes into a far right dictator ship

[@Al-oe8ib]

Exactly, and we DO NOT NEED ANOTHER ADOLF HITLER…..Trump would support putin, his handler, and pull the US out of NATO

[@eg4933]

is it really that bad in the uk, honestly?

[@undrwatropium3724]

How many Trump supporters does it take to change a lightbulb? None. Trump says it’s done and they all cheer in the dark.

[@Nonexistent10]

GOD bless OUR Great President and Leader Donald Trump

[@crystalebarb3587]

@Deacon2023 wow, you just proved the point there!! (I'm not in a cult, though!) 🤣😂🤣😂

[@coreilly796]

@@Nonexistent10the pussy grabber! Long live the pussy grabber!

[@osbiggs9602]

Brilliant! I’ll quote as often as the opportunity arises.

[@jayvbspdx]

I thought the answer was none because Trump alone can fix this _(for legal purposes this is a joke)_

[@EduardoDiVago]

It all starts with education. I’m sure our education system evades teaching these chapters in depth to adolescents. No good government wants integrity, reason, critical thinking skills in their citizens.

[@alexanderpalmer2647]

Good thing we are banning books in the library then. Cause nowhere in history has banning books not been for the betterment of its citizens. If it were bad for the citizens, I would have read it. It's funny, the play book changes slightly, but it's always the same moves. And the result is always the same, bad things.

[@gennietayfer7514]

You should ask yourself how Biden became a millionaire by being a politician his entire life?

[@merlinoddog2197]

You are obviously the result of our educational ststem.​@gennietayfer7514

[@shiftoff9936]

​@@gennietayfer7514 when did he say anything about biden?

[@lupix369]

I am not sure about this. In Germany we are tought a lot about fascism and the nazis in school but the AFD, a fascist party, is on the rise anyways. I think there are many reasons but one of the worst is the over representation of right wing and misogynist ideologies on short form social media.

[@bindervegas8006]

"Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes." George Santayana

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

thats why i stopped voting for democrats.

[@jkirk1626]

Then it should alarm you Jews like Robert Reich are seeking a repeat of when Jėws comprised 5% of the Russian population during the Jewish Bolshevik Revolution, yet 70% of the Bolshevik leadership that killed more Christians than German Socialists killed Jews.

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

If you remember the past then you’d remember that Fascism wasn’t the problem of the interwar years, it was the symptom. The problems are easily solvable, yet they remain unsolved as the world’s elite keeps moving further and further to the left, trying to destroy every last piece of western heritage. Hitler was right in that there was a problem, because there most definitely was major problems for Weimar Germany in the interwar years, and it very much looks like the USA Today (Hyperinflation, Radical Left-Wing Ideological Encroachment, National Humiliation, Political Chaos). Then again, Hitler was a visionary of his own ideology which had been influenced by his troubled youth and taught his racial hierarchy. Trump is far from Hitler: A successful businessman, thirty years older, never served in combat, wasn’t a very good politician, all of these things are the exact opposite of Hitler. Hitler was a failed artist, veteran WW1 soldier, Charismatic and Expert politician with a very big ideological agenda of his own.

[@gennietayfer7514]

You should ask yourself how Biden became a millionaire by being a politician his entire life?

[@bindervegas8006]

@gennietayfer7514 A very good question.. I bet we could actually get the answers to how Biden became a millionaire. At least he wouldn't hide behind lawyers, protecting his tax records. Bididn released his. And I didn't think there was such a thing as a poor politician. They're all in the thick of it to make sure the tax laws are written for them and their rich friends. No mistake about it. Does anyone need a yacht tax exemption? Yup. The rich. Section 179 of the tax law. Gotta use your yacht at least 50% of the time for business. WHAT business? Partying with your other rich friends and talking about your business? 😆

[@Craxin01]

Beau of the Fifth Column explained why he was so successful predicting what the Republican party of the last 4 years was doing. He stopped asking, "what would a conservative do" and started asking, "what would a fascist do?" This fascist movement needs to end, and it will, either by our vote or by violence. Let's do what we can to make it the former so that the latter isn't necessary.

[@ElsinoreRacer]

Go burn some more cities, brownshirt.

[@jimm2600]

Beau is fantastic.

[@ashd8432]

Beau is amazing

[@crustjunkie]

The ballot box will never stop fascism...

[@evensteve284]

Amen brother

[@Nemethon]

As a German, I view the rise of fascism in the world (America is not alone) with concern. I had people like that in my own family and I know that they are absolutely serious about the things in their hate speeches.

[@chazott]

There have been many hate crimes committed during Trump's rise to power that may have never been without him. He has certainly increased violence and hatred between American people, let along against other nations. I'm not just saying thoughtless words, I know a murderer who likely would have not murdered had he not been empowered by the furor of Trump. And of course we all saw the January 6th violence that never would have been without Trump. I sincerely hope the criminal indictments against him will prevail and he will spend the rest of his days behind bars as some small justice for the violence he has sown in society.

[@schlim6763]

yea I'm a german too. Just a year ago my High School teacher said to me that some students drew a lot of swastikas in the toilets, more than he has ever seen in his decade long career

[@marcux83]

German here. share your concerns. stay strong, organize, be vigilant!

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

Don’t believe anything the leftists say about America

[@ecchioni]

@@schlim6763 Maybe they were beaten up by some Turkish or Arabic little, or not so little bastards?

[@RoundSparrow]

@6:19 - Bible verse Matthew 6:5 - “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others." - the Clergy is complicit in not being honest about this lesson when they see this behavior.

[@mr.pringle8466]

The problem is... we like to use the term fascist, and narcissist so often that they have lost their meaning, and so saying that about this guy, who is a TEXTBOOK case of both, just seems like political hyperbole.. when its actually dangerous.

[@BidenisCLEARLYbetter]

he funded black colleges. Doesn't sound like a fascist to me. And yes, it is a political thing.

[@mr.pringle8466]

@@BidenisCLEARLYbetter Lol yeah because he got 16% of the black vote.. not b/c he "cares" he doesn't do ANYTHING for ANYONE, that he doesn't directly benefit from.. like a narcissist

[@user-iq4dc9tf7i]

@@BidenisCLEARLYbetterso the definition of fascist is "does not fund black colleges" it is this kind of ignorance and stupidity that is leading america down this path. half the people voting for him dont even know what he is running for, they just think he is more charismatic, not that they even know that word either.

[@user-iq4dc9tf7i]

this video is litterally using the exact definition of fascism. you are the one that doesnt know what fascism is.

[@davidvaillancourt5111]

That's what narcissists do. You call them narcissist, they'll figure out a way to tell you that you are the narcissist and you are crazy. You call them fascists, they'll figure out a way to tell you you are the fascist. Actually there is a big overlap between narcissism and fascism.

[@leyrua]

It is incredible how Trump is able to convince his followers that he isn't one of the elites, while simultaneously claiming to be a billionaire.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

His sheep followers all are guilty of Dunning-Kruger syndrome. He's a textbook narcissist and fascist a conman a criminal etc.

[@vvv5892]

@@user-gz4ve8mw9lhe is just a flip side of the same coin, the two party system has destroyed america just as washington sayd it would

[@timmarshall7292]

You do understand that the Corporate Democratic Party is supported by Billionaire$, that three different Billionaires$ tried to get the the Corporate Democratic Party Nomination in the most recent Presidential Primary, that Illinois has a Corporate Democratic Party Governor who is a Billionaire and the Corporate Democratic Party often bails out the elite with subsidies and Big Pharma and Big Corp has profited of of Corporate Democratic Party Welfarism.

[@RFinSSMD]

He's convinced plenty of self-described Christians that he is a believer. Hah! What a horrible, sad, and for most of us, an unbelievable hoax.

[@timmarshall7292]

@@RFinSSMD The President Select claims to be a Catholic.

[@duncanwallace7760]

He doesn't just attack 'elites', he attacks experts of any type, basically anyone who knows more than he does on any topic, which is most topics.

[@PickpocketJones]

When a Republican needs their car fixed, the go to a gardener because you can't trust car "experts".

[@suspiciousbird487]

Please actually read what fascists say about fascism. Giovanni Gentile had an entire section stating that the fascists were against intellectuals but were not actually against science, technology, or culture. The reasons why fascists hated intellectuals is because they did not put action behind their thoughts and ideas. Also, rational thinking goes against the very spiritual, very pathos driven ideology that is fascism

[@altrag]

@@suspiciousbird487 > The reasons why fascists hated intellectuals is because they did not put action behind their thoughts and ideas The reason why fascists hate intellectuals is because intellectuals tend to be able to see fascism for what it is and have a "bad habit" of calling it out. Fascism relies on people not understanding what's happening to them - nobody would accept it if they realized what the final outcome will be.

[@pixelwash9707]

More personal attacks on Trump. What happened to voting on policies?

[@darrenbinder8064]

@@pixelwash9707what policies?

[@a.michelle9289]

"Power not only corrupts but also magnifies existing psychopathologies, even as it creates new ones. Fostered by the flattery of underlings and the chants of crowds, a political leader's grandiosity may morph into grotesque delusions of grandeur. Sociopathic traits may be amplified as the leader discovers that he can violate the norms of civil society and even commit crimes with impunity." (2017 "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump)

[@gonozal8_962]

power rarely corrupts, it just drops the facade and reveals what they believed in all along

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

looking at the policies and practices of republicans vs democrats -- only idiots vote for democrats today.

[@MrBENTON78]

That's a great book. Everyone should read it.

[@gennietayfer7514]

You should ask yourself how Biden became a millionaire by being a politician his entire life?

[@iamsiley2200]

@@gonozal8_962 Not quite. I do think most people with power have their facade destroyed or at least weakened; but I do believe that it is not because power doesn't corrupt, but those corrupted are attracted to power. If you hoist a random person into a position of power, how long do you think it'd take to let it go to their heads?

[@stewartbjorgan4840]

The majority of people who experienced the horrors of World War II are now gone and here we are going down the same disastrous path.

[@EagleWolf2]

Most People have short memories, As far as WorldWar2, "Yes" it was bad, But worse now, because People in general are morally weaker, ----

[@stewartbjorgan4840]

@@EagleWolf2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZu3ZXuig6-Bnas

[@guillermoelnino]

Oh, y ou mean thr g overnent forcing ideological speech onto everyone along with jailing/assa sinating their political opponents? Y ou mean like that? Or do y ou just mean "orange man bad"?

[@stewartbjorgan4840]

@@EagleWolf2 As indicated by a seriously ethically and morally flawed Donald Trump even being considered for President.

[@elizabethwitt2621]

We're not going to let it happen. Educate everyone you know on the issues. Vote Blue right down the line 2024. 🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙

[@kanjacat]

People ask, "Hitler - how did that happen?" This is how it happened. We're watching how it happened, its happening right now, again, right in front of our eyes.

[@waffleswafflson3076]

You're right but not for the reasons you think you are

[@davidstorrs]

Expand, please?

[@morgen_t]

Funny you say that cause time magazines person of the year known as “adolf hitler” was looked at as a great man up until 1939, they let him get away with so much and 50 million people died because of it. Cowards like you are so afraid of guys like trump that you in rightfully impeach him twice, rig elections to get him out and then try your hardest to put the least crooked us president in the past 30 years in jail. You’re whole campaign is built on fear and lies that your fed by people like this man in the video. A successful businessman slips by into office after you were sure of his defeat in 2016 and you go off your rocker, he interrupted your 20 year long communist new world order regime and it left you animals in tears. Embarrassing weak humans

[@kanjacat]

@@waffleswafflson3076 how presumptuous of you.

[@kennethgarcia8352]

Perfectly put point taken Trump needs to be stopped NOW 🤬👹!!!!

[@Serai3]

Both of my parents grew up under fascist dictatorships. They saw this guy coming a MILE away. It puzzled and horrified them that any American could possibly support him in any way.

[@vereferreus5262]

In Europe most of us are still puzzled how Hitler came to power. But they are still hiding under us. 20% of the people in countries like the Netherlands are fascist and support regimes like Russia's or China. They are easy to recognize though. They miss any form of social behaviour.

[@noname7271]

Bruh, Hitler was inspired by laws to segregate Black Americans and to genocide Native Americans Nazis even held rallies at Madison Square garden in the 30s it's part of recorded history. Fascists and America are as normal as Russia and fascism. There's various articles and books about the Nazis/Hitler and their research ino American segregation. It's not pleasant stuff.

[@richardkidwell4134]

I still feel just what your parents felt.

[@idont888]

Anyone who actually had an ounce of sense ,knew Trump was a fool. He ran on nothing but hate, lies,and fear and racism, and the destruction of America as we know it.. And it was so obvious .

[@albertgaspar627]

"trumpanzees" (supporters who see, hear, etc no evil) support him because they share his 7 Deadly Sins characteristics. If you can stand to listen to one without showing judgement, they soon reveal what they have in common--the victim mentality, the "white privilege" of expecting a difference sense of justice to be applied to them, the exaggerated sense of their own worth, the willing to punish, and so on. People defend the most passionately, anything they feels is their identity. but, also, we didn't just "get trumped" in 2016. Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman made people like Boebert and MTG seem acceptable. The sense a businessman could fix gov't came to us before in the guise of GW Bush (also accused of fascism)--isn't it ironic those who think businessmen make good presidents always pick the nepotist who went bust? And there's also the social media algorythms--before the internet you got on a mailing list from the NRA that eventually got you John Birch Society trash in your mailbox. now you simply look up "vaccine denial" and you're down the rabbit hole.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Let's not forget that originally Mussolini was going to call it corporatism instead of fascism.

[@A-A_P]

With a bit of a different meaning though. If I do remember correctly, the "corporations" were along the lines of trade unions or something. They are not the same corporations we think of today. But the situation is a bit similar to the german one with the connections between top businessmen and the nazies.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@A-A_P Mussolini instituted a National Council of Corporations which was stuffed with private business representatives and practically no trade unions. This rapidly increased the formation of cartels ie basically the same as we understand corporations to be today. Agip, the Italian oil corporation was formed back then. In Germany corporations like IG Farben (they controlled >80% of the world's pigment production) financed the nazi party.

[@horacioelconserjeopina3956]

Stupid American. Corporatism is syndicalism. Robert Reich is a Neo-corporatist 😂😂

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@A-A_P Mussolini created a National Council of Corporations which was stuffed with representatives of private business owners and very, very few union ones. So few they were basically powerless. Essentially it was a 'trade union' of business leaders. Agip, the Italian oil company, was formed at the time alongside numerous cartels. I fail to see any major difference between corporation then and now.

[@Puppetmastersfool]

I guess you have never read Orwell, at least not all of his work, nor have you looked in to the Italian word 𝐹𝒶𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑜, now smarty pants tell my what you know of Angelo Oliviero Olivetti

[@Prauwlet213]

"we may be entering an age, where if the leader says it, two and two shall make five" -Eric Arthur Blair

[@seanman1231]

This is what Republicans have wanted going back to the Reagan Administration.

[@UTubeHandlesSuck]

You misspelled "Nixon," but yes.

[@seanman1231]

@@UTubeHandlesSuck No, I didn’t.

[@beejls]

Civil War. Since the Civil War.

[@seanman1231]

@@beejls In that case you mean Conservatives.

[@hipoman8087]

Didn’t realize that till I read books on what’s been happening since then. Republicans stonewalling on judge appointments till a republican took office( McConnell! ). Creating their republican training organization. Etc….

[@gnaskar]

The guy with literal golden toilets calling out the "elites" as the enemy of the people.

[@juliemissick4206]

Hypocrisy at its finest and Trump is an expert at it.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

he is jealous because everything he owns is leveraged by debt. he is not rich, he just pretends to be

[@censorship_cant_stop_truth2]

​@@juliemissick4206how do you think Trump knows about the elites? He is one of them but he calls them out, that's why he has been attacked. They all loved him until he ran for president and called them out.

[@Raspberries9372]

There’s a clear difference between elites good for the world and elites that are horrible.

[@dillbill7152]

You're halfway there. Now look at the politicians you support. They are all hypocritical. Then you laugh. Then you realize it's not the material possessions that make a peson's character. Then you look at the actions which affect the entire country's future. EG Trump being illegally removed from the Colorado ballot. Democratic nominees being removed from four states so you can only vote biden. Now the tyranny becomes apparent. Those are the dangerous "elites"

[@rosshoenke8368]

At first Donald Trump supposedly stood by LGTB during his 2016 campaign. The man is flippant on his issues

[@vez3834]

What he does is he listens to the crowd. Whatever gets the crowd cheering is good and whatever makes the crowd boo is bad. That's my view on him at least, but I vaguely remember him mentioning that that's what he does.

[@user-ut7hh3zb2f]

He uses people, and then either tosses them or actively works to destroy them.

[@NaturallyAntisemitic]

Aaaaannnddd the definition is so open any politician ever born could be an authoritarian. Great job.

[@basicboomer519]

These radical leftists will manipulate language to make things appear completely different than what they are. Biden is using courts against his opponent, which is what power hungry people do.

[@MachiavellisThePrince]

Easy answer. Yes, Donald Trump is fascist. Ron DeSantis is also fascist. Neither politicians understand fascism or think they are fascist but their inclination towards authoritarianism, silencing political enemies, targeting vulnerable groups and extreme nationalism makes them beginner fascists.

[@yellowgreen5229]

RonDeathSantis They have fascist backers, they are told what keywords to use.

[@pschroeter1]

I've been calling Trump a proto-Fascist.

[@RayBetterThanEvilCanival]

Your comment hit the nail squarely on its head. Trump is definitely a fascist and wants to be a dictator. You can see it with how he treats NATO allies vs. Putin, Kim Jong Un, etc.

[@rhodawatkins4516]

They think it's only fascist if someone else is doing it.

[@SarahHawke-mk6mq]

Yes fascism is usually against the odds for the few and it's a stupid system that divides countries even after a short period of time many are aware of what Nazi Germany went through it takes decades to win back trust

[@ionizer24]

Yes, and it is high time legacy or mainstream media calls him and his supporters fascists. It is ridiculous the lessons from the forties have been forgotten.

[@thelakeman5207]

Trump and his buddies have been calling anyone who opposes them, communists. About time people called Trump and the Repub's fascists, which is exactly what they are. They tried to overturn a Presidential election. That's what fascists do!

[@zen-Tii]

Not forgotten. A large portion of the Republican Party knows exactly what it wants and how to get it. They’re going to do it right this time and anyone who would look out of place on “Leave it to Beaver” is going to the camps.

[@deancarsononmusic2792]

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[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

The corporate media does nothing but. What's really ridiculous is that the sheep still believe it.

[@Soapandwater6]

Yes, mainstream media has to call them out on being fascists and educate them as to why.

[@marcelladonyi2409]

Listening to Americans trying their best at political science and boiling it down to reaching/downright lying is giving me a headache.

[@sarahanan7015]

This video does not have nearly enough views and it only becomes more and more relevant.

[@edmer68]

I took an elective in the latter half of high school called "The Isms." And fascism def describes everything I saw in trump since the beginning of his political career/grift.

[@Eldritch-1]

Raised as descendent of victims of Fascism always keeping my eyes open and magazine full.

[@thomasmaughan4798]

Sounds like fun. There's about 280 isms. Of course, your definitions for any of them may well differ from my definitions.

[@edmer68]

@@thomasmaughan4798 it was a history/government class so just the “big 4” Isms…communism, fascism, socialism & capitalism.

[@thomasmaughan4798]

@@edmer68 Sounds like I might have enjoyed high school history in a class like that. Socialism in particular has so many definitions it is nearly useless as a descriptor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism As it happens, Capitalism and socialism are not necessarily opposite or even rival; nothing prevents 'the people" from investing capital and producing goods thereby (capitalism). Communism is somewhat more defined; "commune" ism; everything held in common, which means nobody owns anything personally. The playbook for this is Thomas More's "Utopia" which sort of sounds appealing and equally terrifying. Of course it cannot work without forced labor; in capitalism labor is *compelled* by necessity but not usually forced. People think of socialism/communism only in terms of Free Stuff For Me; not realizing that someone is making that Free Stuff and it might be YOU doing the making but not personally enjoying the fruit of your labor.

[@vaticancartel136]

@@Eldritch-1 And yet, who is trying to disarm you?

[@KramerEspinoza]

As a direct descendant of parents that lived through the Nazi occupation… I totally agree.

[@leobigelow7021]

As the direct descendant of someone who fought the war that freed your parents, I totally disagree. You're welcome, by the way.

[@margaretwordnerd5210]

@@leobigelow7021 how can you take pride in the US joining the Allies when your heart yearns for fascism by another name?

[@margaretwordnerd5210]

Kramer, Arnold Schwarzenegger has done powerful videos on growing up with a Nazi father. He didn't love it, and he sees the fascist elements in the Republicans today as very dangerous. 🖖✌

[@mbjasniewski]

@@margaretwordnerd5210 Excellent question. I am sure you will receive a fact-based, thoughtful reply. Lol...

[@paradoxworkshop4659]

I grew up with a family story of a "cousin Berthold" who deserted the German army and walked back to Munich from Russia. Fascism is easy for the unintelligent because it literally requires no thought, and the acceptance of propaganda. Queue: Q

[@oatmeal5671]

Robert I remember you from years ago at the Statler Office building in Boston. I believe you were working on the Dukakis campaign. I worked as security for the building. I enjoy your videos. We have to keep the former President outta the White House or were all doomed. 😊

[@mn4169]

Thank you Mr. Reich, clear and to the point. This was very interesting and as an historian, I see the signs, look at the past and feel pain for the future of America if this man is not stopped.

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

so the fascism by democrats didnt bother you over all the covid mandates, but the accusations of fascism on trump bother you? wow. go look up Thomas sowell for the truth.

[@nathanduke5323]

Watching Trump complain about the elites really is deafeningly ironic.

[@Nonexistent10]

GOD bless OUR Great President and Leader Donald Trump

[@nathanduke5323]

@@Nonexistent10 he's not great, he's not the president, and he's not a leader. Pray for God to bless him if you choose but he's none of the things you just described him as.

[@ProMace]

Watching Trump supporters draw God into their love affair with Trump is also deafeningly ironic.

[@nathanduke5323]

@@ProMace indeed.

[@bobprice9541]

@ProMace is Trump even a Christian? I am a Christian and Trump's morals or lack therof do not line up with Biblical Christianity.

[@euniceaugust2197]

That is the clearest and starkest definition ever. Thank you, Robert Reich.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

You are thanking a propagandist for his propaganda, you should be embarrassed of yourself.

[@sheenablueeyesblondie2363]

​@@yourdaddy-mq4kmare you mad cus he called Trump what he really Is or are you a fascist supporter..hmmmmm

[@katediehl4836]

​@@yourdaddy-mq4kmBot

[@impotusx2459]

@@yourdaddy-mq4kmpot…meet kettle! Besides you suck off to don the con, ‘nuff said!

[@zoyadulzura7490]

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

[@maireadrochford3579]

We need to see and hear more from you Robert. You echo how so many of us feel and we learn from your videos on all kinds of topics. Keep it up!

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

Go look up Thomas Sowell if you care about the truth that robert reich refuses to tell you.. Robert just sells hate of conservatives. its such a pathetic narrative.

[@twomustangs]

That smug look on Mussolini's face as he looks out from that balcony is exactly the same expression Trump had when he pushed aside Markovic at the 2017 NATO group photo.

[@LG-ct8tw]

Watch out for MoRon DeathSantis trying to out fascist the Orange fascist. Your piece should be played on every majors. Thank you Robert.

[@sandyd3686]

👍 👍 💯 RIGHT

[@AndreLaCroix22]

To you levdists, following r ghteous and reasonable rules is fash his sim.

[@AndreLaCroix22]

But since you utterly redefine every SINGLE well established concept, you are always in the right 👍

[@RayBetterThanEvilCanival]

Your nickname for Ron DeSantis is like 100x better than what tRump came up with

[@AndreLaCroix22]

@@thedude702 Well, if you and your blue buddies weren't ACTUAL fash hissed I'd be able to spell just fine here.

[@617michel]

Thank you for clearly defining the difference of authoritarianism and fascism.

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

Only democrats practiced authoritarianism and fascism during covid. Trump and republicans fought against it. Facts.

[@Puppetmastersfool]

I guess you have never read Orwell, at least not all of his work, nor have you looked in to the Italian word 𝐹𝒶𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑜, now smarty pants tell my what you know of Angelo Oliviero Olivetti

[@theTeflonDon1]

Fascism is a branch of socialism which are both authoritarian ideologies. Look at the communist/socialist states in this century. All are authoritarian dictator with leftist ideology. Fascism's logo was a bundle of sticks which is a reference to the collectivist mentality, furthermore mussolini was a devout Marxist socialist.

[@sunesunee879]

​@@Puppetmastersfool "🤓☝️"

[@hexry1139]

​@@Puppetmastersfool Hey, I'm Italian. I've studied fascism in school and I know of its horrors due to my family's history. Please don't try to justify this stuff.

[@leslietascoff9784]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@DanielValik]

Thanks for posting this and I certainly shared this with my community. What I do not understand is that so many Americans run blind into this and vote for him with the excuse "ah, wont' get that bad, ah, he just can't talk well, ah, excuses and excuses." Are people so blind or ignorant to forget what happened on 6th of Jan? do they not see that they vote the next potential dictator and out current system falls over? I don't understand that and honestly, as non-American, I have the feeling I care more about this country's future than many of the people who are born here. Let's not lose freedom that we have left.

[@jayarrington240]

I love hearing this, from Robert Reiche. If only people had listened to this, ten years ago, when Chris Hedges tried to warn America that it was going to happen. Then maybe we wouldn't be in this mess. We've had too many years of pretending things are not what they are.

[@My-Pal-Hal]

​@@openyourmind697 Well to be fair. It's more of an instruction manual to them.

[@grahamshere]

They listened, but the Republicans want fascism plain and simple. They want the ability to kill and destroy anyone they dislike. They love being in a cult.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

You love hearing this because you're a real fascist and you can't stand the fact that we are taking back America from the deep state and the elite puppet masters.

[@kosmokritikos9299]

Sadly, knowing about it will not stop it. There is but one way to stop Nazis and we witnessed that from June 1944 to May 1945. They go on about their 1776 moment. We need to vigilantly remind them that our 1945 moment occurs immediately afterward.

[@hollyhouston5837]

Chris Hedges became a paid spokesman for Russian state TV, RT. He's endorsed the People's Party, and their other endorsements are from people paid by Russia. Putin and his Shanghai Cooperation buddies are infiltrating from the right and left. Bannon's been quoted as saying, "Plant left, pivot right!"

[@lauralinden6840]

Thank you, Robert, for this clarifying video. I have friends who refer to Trump as an authoritarian. I think doing so is based on the corporate media’s squeamishness in assigning the “f” word to Trump and his supporters. A large part of this denialism is also based on an entrenched insistence that America is exceptional, that we are a remarkable and strong people, that a Hitler could not flourish here. Ironically, this claim to exceptionalism is a fascist trait, which has always worried me in regard to Americans’ potential to eventually embrace it. And here we are with the most recent polls indicating a dead heat between Trump and Biden. Unbelievable, but perhaps an inevitable pivotal moment given the fascist fissures embedded in the American character.

[@macmcleod1188]

Authoritarian mindset ( first identified in a 1947 study) is what makes facism possible. People with the authoritarian mindset conform to strong leaders. If the strong leader is democratic then they become Democratic. If the strong leader wants to be president for life, then they become in favor of presidents for life. About one-fourth of any population have the authoritarian mindset. I think most of them are clumped in the Republican party right now.

[@JimHolder-pk2kk]

@@macmcleod1188 This one-fourth may also be related to "nurturing parent v. strict father" child rearing models

[@jim0311]

FYI - internal numbers show Trump losing among educated middle class women,blacks, independents..(sources include Gov Christie,etc)

[@luch4911]

What a gross video edit to make trump look fascist. At this time majority of us now see the democratic party as a whole to be the fascists! Trump 2024! A president for all legal Americans no matter what race! America first!

[@lauralinden6840]

@@macmcleod1188 I understand and appreciate your points, but Mr. Reich dedicated this video to focusing on the distinctions between the authoritarian and fascist mindset. In doing so he drew a very bold and straight line to Trump and his supporters/enablers that identifies them as fascists, who are far more dangerous than authoritarians in the destructive ways they seize and wield power.

[@JuliaBl]

I read today in a book the following, and made a variant: when becomes the delusion of one man the reality of half a nation?

[@Gail1Marie]

It's not half. It's more like 20 percent. But if it's a strategic 20 percent, or the GOP succeeds in voter suppression....

[@JuliaBl]

@@Gail1Marie well, anyway, let’s keep our fingers crossed!!

[@Gail1Marie]

Amen to that. @@JuliaBl

[@vez3834]

I would like to reword it to be grammatically correct (or at least better): When does the delusion of one man become the reality of half a nation?

[@JuliaBl]

@@vez3834 well, english is not my mother tongue, so feel free to do so. Although i doubt that other readers do not understand what i said or feel the need to reword....

[@brianadam3854]

YES

[@tinypt1]

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." -Henry A Wallace, 1944

[@Fucknuts4u]

Well we're now dealing with communism masked as Liberal Democracy...what did Hank A Wallace have to say about that?

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@Fucknuts4u Living up to your name, I see.

[@scottpandich3972]

Wallace was, of course, such a nut job that Democratic leaders forced FDR to drop him from the ticket in 1944.

[@ksb2112]

@@Fucknuts4u But we're not. Simply lying repeatedly about it is not enough. You need to show how you see a real problem with communism in the US.

[@dr.dfargo2921]

Where's the Ronald Reagan quote😅

[@Qba86]

Another distinction is that authoritarian regimes generally want to keep people passive, while fascists aim at total mobilization under the leadership of their strongman leader. Which means that they constantly need to find new threats and enemies to mobilize their followers.

[@RhaviMarques]

the drag story times! no wait the books! no wait the stoves! THE LAPTOP!

[@barrymoore4470]

Yes, these people thrive on hate, and have constant need of perceived enemies.

[@julietfischer5056]

And that means ever-narrowing definitions of acceptable behavior and attitudes in order to create those enemies, and ever-expanding enemies.

[@barrymoore4470]

@@julietfischer5056 That's right. Were these people to achieve their aims, silencing or eradicating all their perceived antagonists, they would start turning upon each other, because all they know and understand is enmity and strife.

[@hubbsllc]

As Timothy Snyder says in ON TYRANNY, "Power wants you softening in your chair."

[@Donnie-hf5du]

Rob thanks for facts

[@libbiecrawford467]

Thank you for continuing to shine light on this movement.

[@waynehanley72]

Back in the 90s, Ivana Trump, in a Vanity Fair interview, noted that the Donald kept a copy of Hitler's "My New Order" on his bedside table. The man doesn't read much (if at all), but it says a lot about him when he's a fan of Hitler's speeches! We knew about this more than 30 years ago ... and still a lot of people voted for him (and that's the frightening point!).

[@johngore7744]

Yeah he jerked off to it.

[@kaisermarxistdixie6842]

You know what's funny as I kid I remember Trump running for president for the Reform party in 2000 with the Reform party was mostly a Centre-left progressive party in which Pat Buchanan and David Duke tried to Co-op and I remember Trump calling both of them a "Racist and a Nazi" but I could be wrong I know Fascists like to call their political opponents Nazis and Racists like they are totally opposed to that.

[@michaelholopainen2822]

Given that Trumps father was a Nazi, and I not mean he was leaning right, but he was ana ACTUAL Nazi. Trumps father was a actual member of Hitler's Nazi party and went to see Hitler's speeches. After Nazi's defeat in Germany he fleed to America with his family. Trump is a son of a Nazi, and apple does not fall far.

[@DarkMark-cf1ec]

An even more scary fact is that historically democrats have sided with the KKK. Even now Biden has a friend that leads a KKK chapter, 1 position below a wizard + Him saying "If you don't vote for me you aint black" + kid sniffing + illegal drug parties

[@lillydiamondincolorado6828]

KNOW THY ENEMY doesn't mean you believe everything. Do you???

[@davidmachemer1015]

Thank you for naming the outrage on the right for what it is. I am a former Republican voter myself, but I cannot bring myself to vote for any Republican today. (Fortunately, most Republicans I know of are dying off...)

[@JohnT.4321]

I don't vote for either political party. It is my opinion that the Democrats enable the Republicans. They call each other friends across the aisle.

[@dvonzosch461]

Max Planck believed that sometimes you can't persuade ppl to change --- in common language: " Progress happens one funeral at a time "

[@sempressfi]

Thank you for commenting. Have noticed more of y'all speaking up since it became clear that he's still the likely nominee and it is both super appreciated to see many who sre still center right/conservative recognize the threat AND stand shoulder to shoulder with us lefties. Heading studied the intricacies of how fascism rises, one key thing is that the "moderates" and those who are firmly right wing but pro-democracy become convinced that "the left is the one going crazy" and join with the extreme right. There are a couple other related trends like leftist infighting but it's this one that has worried me so much, esp with Chris Christie types saying bs like they will do whatever they can to keep Coup-y Doo out of office...except vote for Democrats/Biden. Anyway didn't mean to go on a rant/tangent but seriously felt a visceral wave of relief and hope seeing your comment and realizing there has been an increase of ppl saying similar. Thank you 💙🇺🇸

[@gyvren]

I long for the days of the “normal” conservative. We used to be able to talk and hang out and I really miss those days. These days, I’m instantly distrustful of most republicans I meet. The extreme right-wing and their god-king made it this way. Our lefty extremism was a direct response to their extremism, as they started it. I tried hipping people to Lawrence Britt’s 14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism back in 2015 when Orange started running. I knew what he was before most people saw it. But they saw this guy and were instantly blinded by his bullsh¡t charisma. Whatever spell he cast was a STRONG one..

[@itsmybuddha.nature]

For years I was Independent.... NEVER again will I vote right and I am now a proud Democrat. I always believed in moderation, meeting in the middle, and walking a mile in the others shoes. You can't do that with todays republicans. I don't know what they've become or how they got there....but they disgust me.

[@Victor-lr2xr]

Excellent presentation. I would include the "Cult of Personality" as part of Authoritarianism. Recommend: "Hitler and Stalin, Parallel Lives" by Alan Bullock for good insights.

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

yes. this outlines the last 4 years of biden.

[@Victor-lr2xr]

@@ronaldreagan-ik6hz Did you actually read my recommended book? Or are you just guessing at what it says?

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

Trump had one term already. nothing he did supports the accusations of the left today. its just pure insanity. @@Victor-lr2xr

[@Johnnythefirst]

@@ronaldreagan-ik6hz Yes, because there's a personality cult around Biden. Moron.

[@kirtadams439]

This is the clearest description of fascism I have ever heard.

[@barneygimble8984]

I was taught Capitalism has productivity is the goal and government should protect private control of production . Communism has public control of production and government should control equity. Socialism has public good as a goal and government should provide public services. While fascism is corporate ownership of government . And that Mussolini was a fascist while Hitler was a nationalist socialist., Not a fascist.. The video tries to conflate totalitarianism and fascism.. Trump is more accurately called a populist

[@barneygimble8984]

Are you saying trump is not a capitalist?

[@everettcalhoun8197]

@@barneygimble8984 Trump is more accurately called a traitor to the Constitution and the United States. The ONLY reason and I mean the only reason he wont be charged is this benevolent country does not want to execute a former President because he is stupid.

[@ydgmdlu]

​@@barneygimble8984you said: "I was taught..." LMAO! So you are not an expert on political science like Robert Reisch is? You're using your grade school education to argue against him? Give me a break!

[@Pinkielover]

Stay in school

[@hadara69]

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." ~Hannah Arendt

[@fliegeroh]

Tell me Marxists, what is a woman? Now who no longer knows the distinction between fact and fiction? It's YOU.

[@sailor583]

He is a power hungry individual who will portray to be anything that furthers his ambitions. From a Bible reading spiritualist to a ruthless Mob boss.

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

democrats are determined to virtue signal and social justice our way to national failure. Trump has done nothing of the sort. you fools.

[@RedwoodEden]

I have family members who have completely bought into this movement. There’s nothing I, or anyone else, can say or do to bring them to this understanding. It’s deeply frustrating. Thank you RR for your work.

[@jamesjennings8574]

I think a lot of us are in the same boat -- They are truly brainwashed.

[@karas.6438]

I'm in your same predicament! Lost friends, my mother, Uncle, my ex-husband (father if my kids) to this inhumane monster! Always ends up with them pissed & screaming at me for telling them the truth & backing it all up with proof. They don't care.

[@karas.6438]

Every one of them will sit there & tell you, "he never said/did that! It's the Democrats!

[@rickr.mortis4821]

Same with my family and many friends. They are all lost in the insanity of being brainwashed by Trumpism. :(

[@JoeMama-bk7rd]

​@@rickr.mortis4821no, you're brainwashed by the same people who constantly keep getting voted in. Joe Bidumb has been writing bad laws for 50 years. Wake up.

[@americanmeteoritefan9670]

If only we could run this on daytime tv, shown as many times per day as they ran that Ozempic commercial, it could change minds!

[@riceburner4747]

AMEN! BUT IT COULD CHANGE OUR NATION!!

[@bcooke1000]

My thoughts exactly. The time is NOW. Ignorance could kill this country

[@swbeyer8349]

​@@bcooke1000Ignorance IS killing this country. Ignorance about such fundamental things as the knowledge and the understanding of the founding principles of the United States. Like the idea that ALL men (meaning human beings) are created equal as stated in the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.

[@bcooke1000]

@@swbeyer8349 Yes I do have some silly Pollyanna hope that we can still fight for our democracy. I still believe that We The People WILL always eventually rise up.

[@orionSpacecraft]

no one watches tv anymore boomer

[@SowingSeedsWithChristy]

It's so terrible to have one's suspicions confirmed so clearly. Let there be no mistake about it. WE THE PEOPLE have the power to rebel against DT's attempts by VOTING AND VOTING EARLY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. We need to send a strong message clarifying whose America this is and what we want it to stand for. God bless us all! 🇺🇲

[@SIZModig]

I'll be using this in school when it's time to educate the kids on what fascism is, thanks!

[@scambammer6102]

I would get my definition of fascism somewhere else. This one is designed to prove trump is a fascist. It is not historically accurate.

[@StompingRabbits]

That's not educating , it's indoctrinating...if you pushed your BS on my kids you and I would be on a collision course that you'll most assuredly lose...

[@lauralinden6840]

It’s time to educate them now!!

[@pietsnotty8283]

@@StompingRabbits Trump is a textbook autocratic fascist. Greetings from the educated and developed 1st World

[@tomc.7520]

I take it you are not a teacher in Florida. From a veteran, thank you for your service. Teachers are more important than soldiers.

[@mloftus8618]

Awesome, clearly explained for those who were unclear. This is a dangerous time, we are at the edge, and too many of us are not seeing the truth. Thank you for helping shed light on the dangers posed by this dangerous faction of our country

[@CaneFu]

Let's call Trump supporters out for what they are.....either stupid, or traitors, or both.

[@dannmarceau9743]

And some are very unclear as we don't teach any real history until college here in the U.S.

[@robertaldaron8617]

This should be included in High School civics and social studies classes.

[@thunderpooch]

you know who is even more of a fascist? companies like youtube and facebook that suppress left wing content but let right wing loons have their content spread far and wide. the reason they do this is right wing loons have an economic policy which boosts wall st and their precious stocks

[@8088I]

It doesn't matter, he promises to rain Hell on anyone (friend, foe or political expediency - without limit) that 'hee believes' personally suit him. Much, much worse than anything that can be imagined, should he have his way.

[@geographyinaction7814]

The irony, presenter's name is Reich!

[@TodellisuusFeidaa]

Genuinely asking: how does Mussolini's Italy fit into the idea of fascism demanding an idea of superior race or historic bloodlines? Haven't read about it in years, but also have never heard these ideals mentioned in relation. Always figured their brand of fascist superiority was strictly political.

[@Gunnson]

it was not purely political. He invoked the might of ancient Rome, telling the Italians that they were of the same blood as their forebearers, destined to rule the Mediterranean

[@ccdg1066]

Right! And he kept repeating this as mantra, along with other lies and deceptions. @@Gunnson

[@vez3834]

That's a good question! I'm glad Gunnson was able to give such a short and sweet answer.

[@diegowilson9711]

Love Your work Robert Reich !

[@lindascanlan6317]

Me too.. He explains stuff well....

[@user-fc7is6jo2e]

He is heroic for the good that he has done throughout his life.

[@censorship_cant_stop_truth2]

​@@user-fc7is6jo2eyou mean lie to people for the last 50 years? He should be in prison.

[@user-fc7is6jo2e]

@@censorship_cant_stop_truth2 About what did Dr. Reich lie about?

[@platinumdragonslayer6128]

Short answer…… yes. I mean if he wasn’t he certainly became one after getting a taste of some real power.

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

Sure. he became fascist by fighting against covid mandates, fighting against over immigration, reducing taxes, freezing government hiring, renegotiating import cost, getting the NATO nations to pay what they had promised, etc, etc, etc. you democrats' are the most misinformed people,

[@piamorrow6955]

I love my country I am a patriot I am voting 🔷️ for Freedom, Democracy and the American Way P.S. Anyone that wants to terminate our constitution is no patriot Trump move to Hungary, and let the door hit you in the butt on the way out!

[@kaisermarxistdixie6842]

Democracy and freedom was never on the ballot, and if you assume that the only fascist is Trump and not Biden, then I don't know what to tell you

[@piamorrow6955]

@@kaisermarxistdixie6842 I am a German immigrant and a Democratic Why in the world would I ever vote republican. I worked all my life. Repulicans never have past any meaningful legislation for working class citizen, you know the ones that actually pay taxes.

[@piamorrow6955]

@kaisermarxistdixie6842 I'll never kiss the ring nomatter who wears it. All I want is to live my life and be free or whatever that means

[@kaisermarxistdixie6842]

@@piamorrow6955 the issue is that you will end up kissing the ring of a puppet master, My comment is obviously not a defense of Trump, it's a plain statement that democrats or Republicans it's all the same and that the United States is nothing more than an oligarchy, doesn't matter if we have a Congress controlled by either party the issues that are important to lobbyists and thinktanks are the only issues that will be addressed by congress and not the issues of the average citizen. The reason I say fascism is already here and that democracy hasn't been on a ballot box in a long time is because the system is set to only favor a two party system and the two parties come together to stamp out any legitimate grassroot movement ment to challenge the status quo this is what inevitably leads us to polarizing figures like Trump.

[@hammerhyena4207]

This definition can fit every American leader going back to FDR.

[@jeannedouglas9912]

This very simple tutorial on fascism should be accessible to everyone. Even if they don't care.

[@pep590]

Biden is anti-black racist and has received 30 million dollars from China, Russia and Ukraine for bribes and influence. get a clue!

[@JJwest118]

🐑

[@MalteseKat]

And that's just it they don't care. They know he didn't win the election

[@faiththrower7951]

Agreed.

[@KaiserBlade]

Here it is. Fascists have their political opponents arrested and indicted on false charges. Like Biden is doing. They cheat elections too. Joe Biden " I don't need your votes to win". Can't wait until he's subpoenaed to explain that remark.

[@nickisnyder3450]

Remember when he wanted to have the parade with all the tanks as if we were north korea?

[@Taricus]

Remember when President Xi in China declared himself president for life and Trump was like, "I think that's a really great idea! I think we should do that here, you know?" He was pretty much rambling out his intentions. --and also all the times he talked about his future 3rd term as president--despite that not being possible....

[@user-mj7dx9ml5e]

I remember. Sick 🤢

[@Max_Mustermann]

@@Taricus Or when he said that he deserved a 3rd term, because he was robbed of his 1st term by the Mueller probe.

[@twizms7362]

​@@Taricus And how he was great friends with Putin as well

[@rasichap]

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...

[@magalyferrer9387]

Cómo desearía que estos videos .. llegaran a mi gente latina...lamentable es que no comprendan a que nos exponemos si salen aspirantes a fascistas como Trump...Latinos. .vayan al simbolito de herramientas ...trasladar español... gracias Robert..cuídate mucho..te necesitamos...

[@paulamears4769]

My brother and I saw this right from the beginning. We are both studies of WWII and saw the writing on the wall. Robert Reich just cemented what we already understood.

[@loricusenza4887]

Right after 45 was elected, I spoke out of turn at church saying he was a fascist. I got a lot of dirty looks because I “was not being respectful of the leader of the country”. But I was not wrong either. Now I’m just more convinced than ever. Respect does not preclude truth.

[@kaisermarxistdixie6842]

Then you need to study WWII more because Trump can't just be Appointed president like Hitler or Mussolini was and also Trump during his presidency had the ability to declare emergencies to give himself more power especially when the Republicans controlled Congress and Senate for 2 years, also I don't know why Trump hates the Jews so much he Allowed his daughter to Marry a Jew and Convert to Judaism and put a Mariah on the white house I bet Hitler is just Proud of him

[@kosmokritikos9299]

Thank you Doctor Reich for this lesson on contemporary fascism in the United States. As was the case in Europe a century ago, too many U.S. citizens remain blissfully unaware of the slow, but relentless progress toward fascism being carried out by the far right.

[@katrinapaton5283]

Which is hilarious when you stop and think that Facism was, according to Mussolini (you know, the guy who used to be the editor of Italys communist news paper) communism on a national level, as opposed to Marxism which was communism on an international level. Ignorance is bliss I guess.

[@morgen_t]

Your countries in shambles. The streets of your democrat run cities are hell holes. Your dollar is crumbling. You’re funneling money on a foreign war that will hopefully result in exposure of the biden administrations lies in ukraine. You got other problems so stop glorifying millionaires like this putz, he’s fueling a social war to distract you from the real problems, people like you will sadly never learn, you’ll just consume more media and nod your head to old rich white men like Robert

[@kaisermarxistdixie6842]

​@@katrinapaton5283the Fascists of Spain actually called themselves "National syndicalists" syndicalism being a form of Socialism. Fascism is basically a form of Bourgeois Socialism with nationalist sentiment mixed in with it.

[@scottpandich3972]

This isn't a lesson; it's propaganda.

[@donnalechak6980]

The reason Biden have open the wall is to give those people to vote for Dems. He will find a way. To make that happen. The illegals expect to have everything handed to them.

[@elizabethwitt2621]

Robert did a great job explaining the difference. I always learn something new and important from his videos. Great job, Robert. You are an anazing teacher and the people need this right now. Knowledge is power. Thank you! 👏👏💙💙🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@cardinalRG]

Reich is intelligent and often correct, but here he's disingenuous, and ought to know better. Trump is a hundred kinds of awful, but he's not a fascist. Reich's explanation of fascism is narrow and selective, and I think he has partisan motives here, not just informative ones.

[@jonathanstudentkit]

Thank you for a fact-based modern history lesson without the drama.

[@bobbresnahan8397]

Robert Reich doing what he does best. Explaining something complex very simply and rationally. Educated me, and I've read several books on fascism.

[@chompythebeast]

No education on the subject is complete without reading _Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism_ by Lenin. On the very first page he predicts the rise of the Nazis and the "Santa-Clausification" of revolutionary figures like Martin Luther King Jr. It's very accessible stuff as far as theory goes, and it's truly eye-opening stuff for many, especially since it all seems even more vindicated by history from our perspective today

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Reich is doing what he does best.... Pushing false narratives because he is the real fascist.

[@mitch_the_-itch]

Lying cheating and stealing is what this nasty Clintonista does best. You useful idiots are Americas mortal enemies within. We arent going to forget.

[@censorship_cant_stop_truth2]

Zero replies 😂. Censorship is fascism

[@theodoresweger4948]

There are many of us left who remember WWII and how it started

[@wildspirit922]

I'm so glad that we have your voice.

[@michaeldoran4977]

ABSOLUTELY!!!

[@cristysmiley4508]

You are right, ❤

[@user-rj1sy2gu7h]

Thank you Robert for showing the American people that we need to take care of everybody and take care of these scum bags get rid of them we don’t need these people in politics l love this country

[@davidh9844]

Of course you love this country, but any other country in the world other than America should be "first".

[@mkself3231]

@@davidh9844 "first"? First at what?

[@randibgood]

​@@davidh9844 I'm curious too? WTAF is your comment supposed to mean?

[@jamesholden6142]

spoken like a true Fascist! And you probably don't even hear it....

[@mitch_the_-itch]

"GET RID OF THEM" screams a real leftwing Fascist that is too stupid to understand he is one.

[@onjikun]

Already knew the answer was “yes” before I even watched the video.

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

I did too. But Robert explained the difference.

[@davidh9844]

Of course. It's so easy to let someone else do the thinking when you have other things to do with your time.

[@cherylb6755]

And likely have for a long time. Stay strong. ⚖️🇺🇸

[@ThatOpalGuy]

well, the uneducated who are indoctrinated into the maga cult didnt know. not that this will change their minds.

[@RayBetterThanEvilCanival]

Same, but now we have arguments and specific examples to back up our assertions

[@kjellg6532]

Why all the disturbing music noise in the background? My prof never added DJ noise to his lectures

[@davedammann741]

"A rose is a rose by any other name "

[@williewhite1161]

It is amazing how history tends to keep trying to repeat itself.

[@SteRo]

Yeah, times change but human nature doesn't change.

[@theodoresweger4948]

Last time it was Hitler and it seems we have forgotten

[@EricForney-uz4iz]

"History doesn't always repeat itself but it often rhymes" Mark Twain

[@mrcuttime22]

And Steve Bannon advised Thump to REPEAT history and the American Nazi movement. Of course, he bought into it, and Bannon is still free to extoll it. It's time to BREAK the wheel!

[@sjd5750]

Bad history repeats itself when people fail to learn from, or even know history..It's called apathy.

[@guitarmemoir]

Absolutely. He is expanding the Benito Mussolini handbook and re-releasing it as "Fascism for Dummies". I think we all know who the dummies are.

[@beani24329]

Mussolini was smart. Trump isn’t

[@klop4228]

@@federicacavicchio1464 I mean, "Fascism" nowadays does refer to something other than what Gentile and Mussolini defined in their manifesto. It's more of a descriptive word for what several fascist regimes after them were like.

[@guitarmemoir]

@@federicacavicchio1464 Trump is definitely a populist as are most/all fascists. If you want to split hairs I think we may agree Trump may not be quite there there yet, but he is definitely a wannabe. If his coup had succeeded...

[@klop4228]

@@federicacavicchio1464 I'm in Europe, and populism is something a little different, something that does also describe Trump, but isn't fascism. Like, I'd never call Boris Johnson a fascist, he's just a straight-up populist. But fascism the way Hitler did it was also very populist.

[@ydnewrebuh337]

What is being done to protect us from Project 2025 and Acceleratism? Canada has a plan in place due to its impact on them.

[@moonlitmortician6694]

I’d argue there’s also a call to naturalism. For fascists, their actions are justified because they seek to restore a supposed natural order to the county. This can be seen in the subjugation of woman and gender and sexually minorities, whom fascist often label as either naturally inferior or unnatural. It also explains the way fascism often overlays with eugenics and bloodline obsession because it needs to constantly prove there are innate, natural superiorities to the in-group. Through this lens, they can act like they’re policies are not bigoted but realistic and anyone who opposes them is denying the natural order of the world.

[@julietfischer5056]

And, as a bonus, makes it easier to create enemies.

[@katrinapaton5283]

I feel you're confusing Facism with National Socialism. Facists didnt care about purity of bloodlines, so long as you considered yourself to be Italian that was good enough for them.

[@Daemonworks]

It's more that there is one group of people, who are inherently superior. Different fascist groups will lean into different specifics for defining that group. It frequently involves a callback to a real or imagined golden age from which they are an unbroken, but tarnished descent, and a call to restore the former glory. For Italy, it was imperial Rome, for Germany, it was the batshit revision of norse/north german culture, for Trump it's just a nebulous sense of American exceptionalism and letting folks fill in precisely when they think America was great, and how it's fallen. The framing is rarely as important as "we were great, but we've fallen. Fallen because of those corrupting people and their degenerate ways! But I, and I alone, can restore that greatness, your greatness! The birthright those people stole from you! They may seem weak and powerless, constantly victimized by the majority, but don't be fooled, it's not that they're a convenient target that many of you already irrationally dislike, it's because they are secretly powerful, so powerful that only I can save you from them!"

[@julietfischer5056]

@@katrinapaton5283- Don't think the Nazis weren't fascists just because they didn't use the term. They weren't socialists, either---unless you think North Korea is a democratic republic. All such regimes have those they consider fully human and deserving of rights, and those who are subhuman.

[@katrinapaton5283]

@@julietfischer5056 What about the term National Socialist suggests to you that the Nazis werent socialist? Sorry but they were very much left wing, just like the Facists were. I'd recommend TIKs videos on the subject if you're interested in the topic.

[@CalifaJohn1]

How are we only just now asking this question? I was saying this in 2016. It is straight out of the fascist playbook. Journalists as “the enemy of the people.” The notion of the once great nation that needs to be saved or die. The need to eliminate the enemy within to save the great nation. Putting all hope into one great saviour.

[@trillionbones89]

You were by far the only one, mate.

[@TheCrager]

MSM is not "journalism". It's state-influenced and largely state controlled. MSM is extremely left-wing. MSM should NOT be partisan, but they are. They don't report news anymore; they report partisan (often extrreme) opinions- left wing opinions. And that is why MSM is the enemy of the people. BTW, that includes fox news because they are right-wing. You literally cannot argue against this clear fact.

[@redrick8900]

@@trillionbones89 No. Any student of history knew he was a fascist after that escalator speech.

[@Earthbound369]

​@@trillionbones89 If the shoe fits, wear it. Stop denying what's so obviously clear and own what you are. Stop being a coward.

[@bouji_]

_Journalists as “the enemy of the people.”_ Donald Trump would have never been elected president without journalist's covering every stupid thing he has ever said though. lol

[@rbrown3164]

Preach!!!

[@LeticiaHuber]

🧡 #MarianneWilliamson2024 her VALOR, her Love, her BRAVE DETERMINATION are example of what a PRESIDENT MUST offer to THE PEOPLE 🧡

[@plumbbobconstructionpants5599]

You forgot one. Fascists combine the corporate and state powers and run the country for the benefit of the corporate class. Remember, Mussolini said "Fascism should more accurately be called corporatism because it is the combination of state and corporate power". It's really important to.never lose sight of this aspect because it's not too hard to avoid being noticed by the government, but your boss is going to have an easy time keeping track of, and therefore controlling, you every day.

[@spiritualhumanist]

He was using term fascism wrongly to describe the Germany’s nazism. And more important, Hitler was just a representation of similar people,not the magician who tricked milions of people. Same with Trump. There will be no Trumpe without milions of small trumps voting for him.

[@haps2019]

Corporation in the fascist sense (which it copied from Catholic teaching) means corporations of professions - workers and bosses united in the same state-led units, e.g. Corporations. It has nothing to do with Big Business.

[@robertlucas2016]

Corporations = Big Business

[@scottwrite633]

Good point about corporations, and fox!

[@boltstrike2787]

@@haps2019 You're kidding yourself if you think that has nothing to do with big business. If it's a society led by a strongman for the sake of consolidating society into a rigid, race and gender based hierarchy, then of course they're going to support said hierarchy in the sphere of economics too. Fascism in the economy translates into a rigid hierarchy with your boss having absolute authority and making decisions for himself at the expense of his workers. So yes, fascists will want to wield power in the same way as the corporate class and their interests align to the point where wealthy corporations will likely support fascism.

[@yoredeerleader]

It’s important to point out that “strong man” is a term that means a leader who embodies great weakness. Strong is often seen as being violent and attacking with words weapons and war any descenders. A truly strong person is equipped to lead without threats and convince others of his ideas by strong well reasoned arguments. The weak leader must resort to violence because their weaknesses don’t allow them to be anything but a bully.

[@yaimavol]

The only violence that happened during the Trump years came from the left. $ 2 billion of property destroyed, 25 people dead, a federal court laid seige to for 100 nights in a row, an entire area of Seattle sealed off and declared it's own sovereign nation.... and then there is the everyday chaos and violence you find in any city controlled by Democrats. it's clear who the supporters of violence are

[@ChrisTian-rm7zm]

“All cruelty springs from weakness” Seneca

[@ronaldreagan-ik6hz]

The most violence in America was over BLM- all by the left.

[@justsayin5609]

Saw it coming in 2015. Referred you at every opportunity to "14 Characteristics of Fascim" by Lawrence Britt. Before he was even elected, the trumpenfuher had hit 13/14 points. 😢

[@Chavato]

A spot-on presentation. Thank you again, Mr. Reich. I'm worried that the people who really need to see this aren't seeing it. This needs to be broadcast on Fox News everyday between now and the election.

[@anncata7368]

Fox News? Please. They rather make $$ and promote 45

[@foreverhopeful8497]

Fox - the soap opera with a newsy look

[@ToyKeeper]

Hell would freeze over before Faux News aired a video like this.

[@srussell8436]

Without the Fox Propaganda Network's 24/7 endorsement and support, distortions and omissions of truth, and expert ability to indoctrinate the weak minded and dumb, Trump would NEVER have managed to win. In fact, without the entire conservative propaganda machine, most of the worst Republican AND Democratic politicians our nation has been plagued with would never have been able to win their elections. The conservative propaganda machine is, without a doubt, the biggest threat to national security, the survival of our representative democracy, and our hopes of ever making meaningful progress on ANY of the biggest problems facing mankind. It's long past time that we finally begin taking the threat seriously...

[@scooterdover2771]

Maybe the other company suing Fox Entertainment can put that in their settlement.

[@BeachPeach2010]

Thank you a million times for all of your hard work on behalf of the disenfranchised in this country!

[@suspiciousbird487]

You're thanking a guy who literally lied to you. Smh. Read a book by a fascist who explains fascism instead of listening to this propaganda clown

[@steved.9030]

Poor babies.

[@morgen_t]

Your countries in shambles. The streets of your democrat run cities are hell holes. Your dollar is crumbling. You got other problems so stop glorifying millionaires like this putz, he’s fueling a social war to distract you from the real problems

[@barbaralockwood2115]

Trump was saying everything that Hitler said in his speeches.

[@lauraellis8781]

Yes!!!

[@jamesjackovich5886]

When someone circumvents all the laws, and attempts and in most gets away with hundreds of violations by side stepping laws using lawyers, lawsuits, it makes blatant that there is no law of equality when daddy's money buys the house

[@johnroy9654]

I assume you are talking about Hillary Clinton... and/or Hunter Biden?

[@yaimavol]

What laws did Trump circumvent as POTUS. Make a list

[@billross7245]

Your examples using Trump's own words hit the nail on the head.

[@phillybilly-zl5js]

That's why... You lost yours!?

[@DAMON409]

If only those words had anything at all to do with fascism.

[@lindarockafellow5058]

It certainly did. No doubt about it!

[@DAMON409]

@@lindarockafellow5058 😂😆😆 try harder. According to you, every conservative is a fascist. I suggest you get an English dictionary.

[@lifeaftercave]

@@DAMON409 modern conservatives are collectively embracing fascism. That’s your own fault. You’re on the wrong side of history.

[@user-yd6cy2im4k]

Love your videos can you inform people about project 2025

[@valoriebull551]

Never my voice😂

[@siobahnhurley85]

How about both? Maybe even add robber baron to that resume?