Is Donald Trump a Fascist? | Robert Reich 

Mr. Reich, you are spot on! Kudos.

You are real fascist reich.

@@namvet1968 you shouldn't encourage this propagandist.

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

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

Carrying a grudge and wrapped in diaper.

Carrying a cell phone and a McDonald's hamberder.

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.

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

That has been proven true.

And in the one man who unites them.

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

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

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

So, take away the orders 🤷

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.

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

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

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

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.

GOD bless OUR Great President and Leader Donald Trump

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

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

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

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

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

I've been calling Trump a proto-Fascist.

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.

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

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

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

@@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

@@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.

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

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.

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.

@@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.

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

@@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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I still feel just what your parents felt.

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 .

"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.

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

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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"?

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

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

That's exactly what Reich is doing.

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

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

Expand, please?

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

@@waffleswafflson3076 how presumptuous of you.

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

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

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

@@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.

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

@@pixelwash9707what policies?

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.

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

He used to be pro choice too

@alexandrawhitelock6195 one thing Trump has done successfully is divide this country

That's because he was a Democrat but they wouldn't let him be president (because he's coo coo) so he went to the party where all he had to do was hate the right people and they'd love him.

Go burn some more cities, brownshirt.

Beau is fantastic.

Beau is amazing

The ballot box will never stop fascism...

Amen brother

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.

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..

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

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

is it really that bad in the uk, honestly?

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.

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

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

Don’t believe anything the leftists say about America

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

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

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

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

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

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.

GOD bless OUR Great President and Leader Donald Trump

@@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.

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

@@ProMace indeed.

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

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

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

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

@@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.

Where's the Ronald Reagan quote😅

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.

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

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...

It’s time to educate them now!!

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

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

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

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

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

Zero replies 😂. Censorship is fascism

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

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.

You're using "fascist" as a slur, rather than reflective of a historically genuine ideology. The GOP is no more fascist than the Dem Party is, and no fascist has ever occupied the White House. FDR came closest, being an admitted admirer of _early_ fascism, but even at that he can hardly be called a "fascist".

He is why we are going to pay a trillion dollar interest payment next year, you lowiq indoctrinated Socialist. When the interest on HIS debt is bigger than the entire budget in a few years get back to me about his heroics. Do any of you LowIQ Leftwits know we paid almost 500B in interest THIS YEAR?

Agreed. But, with all respect, Mr Reich isn't just saving America, he is educating the whole world about tyranny and indeed, fascism. Drump is a world wide problem.☮️🙏👍

Thank you so much for describing politicians in general. Especially the current group of fascists in charge.

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

@@steved.9030 cuck

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

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

​@@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.

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

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"

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

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

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

Wrong. It was never political in the sense of allowing compromise among parties. It was Crony Corporatist and Religionist, setting up the Vatican National State in return for justification of violence and war.

Because the people claiming to fight fascism are fighting for the collective that fascist ideology deemed to be the highest good, namely The State.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!"

Germans have accepted their past history and try to learn from it. Americans try to hide it and revise the history taught to kids. They hide the history of slavery and won't accept the truth about racism, sexism or homophobia. They can't accept that the nation hasn't always been right.

There are enough of us to vote, that see the danger, that I don't think he'll ever make office again. He had his shot, and he blew it. He could definitely have done a worse job, but he also could have done a better job than the one which had _THE WORLD_ dancing in the street, like the Death Star blew up in orbit and took the Emperor with it, when he got fired. I can forgive people for not noticing the difference, because this one is screaming in English at his rallies, but what I can't forgive are the people who want him to run this country, like one of his businesses, without realizing that the reason Trump *HIMSELF* claims success is running his business like a dictatorship.

The scary things is that unlike Germany, if America were to become fascist I dont really see how it could be defeated if it decided to start wars with its neighbors/enemies

I am 2nd generation German on both sides. A blind man can see what tRump & Rs are doing. My family will move idk where, maybe to Germany if things don't change for the better, that's it. Not going to spend my last cpl decades like the last 8 years.

Yes. Well said.

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.

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

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

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!

@@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.

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

Fox - the soap opera with a newsy look

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

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...

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

This video is fear mongering lies.

ignoring the reality of those born inter-sex . drumph’s grandfather left Germany, came to the states, tried to return to Germany and was refused re-entry.

Question is, as a people: what are we going to do about it? Silence furthers the fascist goals. Doing nothing isn't an option. What can YOU do, while staying safe and keeping others safe?

@@TheAsvarduilProject Be politically active, vote mostly for Democrats. Be a good person, support women's rights all that jazz.

​​@@TheAsvarduilProjectPlus call out the disinformation online.. Oh and refuse to be a modern day German Nazi.. We have to remember in Germany there weren't enough people fighting against Hitler..They were submissive..

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

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

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.

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​@@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.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

@@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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

thats why i stopped voting for democrats.

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.

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.

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

@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? 😆

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.

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....

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

Amen to that. @@JuliaBl

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?

@@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....

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

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

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. 🖖✌

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

What your parents experienced makes you an expert in… nothing. But thanks for leading the pro-fascists to believe that we are all that dumb, look at the first comment you received, from an authoritarian, making fun of you because your parents’ experience is not an argument. Edited for clarity.

This video is a joke. Reich doesn't cite a single scholar of fascism to support of justify his positions. Robert O Paxton, A James Gregor, etc. Reich is pulling this nonsense out of his ear.

sure. meanwhile the only party that supported the FASCIST covid policies were DEMOCRATS. hmmm

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

Are you saying trump is not a capitalist?

@@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.

​@@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!

Stay in school

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

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.

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

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

​@@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.

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.

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

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 💙🇺🇸

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..

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.

I too have been calling Trump a fascist and a megalomaniac since I saw him descending that escalator at his first election rally running for POTUS. When I saw Trump blaming demonstrators as being anti fascists it was apropos. I wear a black hoody with PRIDE though I've never engaged in any kind of illegal activity, I am thoroughly anti fascist.

@@judithwake2757 In what way do you express antifascism if you don't engage in anti-authoritarian direct action? Theory without action is even more impotent than action without theory, and electorialism cannot express antifascism in a country that offers you Joe Biden as your sole alternative after quashing any and all genuine progressives. Take up the raised fist, my classmate!

only others on the Socialist Left.

funny.. I knew that from day one.. and told an American friend he was Fascist .. she didn't understand what I was talking about.... I had to explain fascism to her....

​@@chompythebeastchompy, I 100000% agree. We trade our tomorrow to corporations through picking the lesser of two evils and pretending like it's not going to cause problems down the line. It feels like the difference between duelism and dialectical reasoning. Someone caught in duelism will say " You don't like Trump!? Oh, you must be a Biden supporter!?? " " You don't like Biden!? You must be a trump supporter !? " It's inherently stupid, the thought process of the ignorant that is.

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

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

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

@@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.

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

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

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

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

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

@@shawnstephens1251Trust me, I don't want to believe it. Unfortunately for all of us, it's still true. Whether or not you believe in the pied piper or not makes little difference when you finally get to the sea.

@@shawnstephens1251 And there it is. The fascist philosophy. For everyone else, there is a right, and there is a wrong, and for the most part, we used to know the difference. I stand where I always have, on the principles this country was founded on. A republic based on democratic representation, where we valued rights and freedom for all - not just freedom for the strongest. If you prefer a fascist, authoritarian government, I believe you can still fly to Moscow via Syria. Maybe when Trump flies the coop, you can meet him there.

Confirmation bias.

@@shawnstephens1251​​⁠spoken like a true fascist. Misoginy and all. Trump and his followers are fascists and on the wrong side of history.

@@panzer00you have no valid argument. The facts in this video are clear. Trump and his followers are fascists.

Yeah he jerked off to it.

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.

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.

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

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

Those were not simple rally cries. He's consistently used the same rhetoric about Mexico not sending their best, fake news and how he is/wants to be a strongman. Fascism is quite complicated, and I doubt that Trump is necessarily aiming to be fascist. It's just very easy to draw parallels. Some say "trumpism" falls under "neo-fascism". Also has similarities with a cult of personality. But yea, he doesn't have clear policy or ideology. He listens to the crowd's reactions and let's people draw their own lines between the dots. To say that there are "inherently fascist policies" and that that's somehow required as proof seems silly. I'll shortly mention some stuff though. Are January 6th, claims of voter fraud and trying to overtun the election not enough to say that he doesn't respect democracy? I'd also like to bring up the wall to keep immigrants out and to project strength to his voters. He started a stupid trade war with China which showed a great misunderstanding of economics and the usefulness of free trade (again projecting strength... "easy to win"). He tried to overturn Obama era programs and policies just because they were done by Obama. His pardons were mostly personally or politically connected to Trump himself. He did or tried to suspend government regulations, at least partly to benefit himself and his rich friends. Fascism (not facism) is not defined as the government knowing what's best. I'd say that your definition would be closer to authoritarianism, where you basically don't do fair elections and reject the idea of separation of powers. (Visuals might be kept, but only for optics)

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence -- Hitchen's razor.

Also, f#ck leftist authoritarianism.

if that's how you talk to those folks you intend to 'deprogram', you're not going to get very far. just sayin'.

If only it was that easy... Maybe there's a chance you can help some few, but I fear most who fall down that spaghettified Rabbit hole have gone so deeply invested their Wormbrain Mind Virus has eroded logical thoughts, and they won't take the Vaccine and they won't wake-up ! .

A white supremacist settler-colonial empire has deprogramming to achieve across far more of its population than merely Republicans. Denazification was something the Americans refused to do even after VE Day, after all

​@@unpredictableaxolotl3762 Ya gotta start somewhere. Unless you have some better suggestions,.. instead of just crying about others suggestions just like Repugnantcants Do.

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

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

Agreed.

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.

Of course. As soon as you throw someone in a bucket you hate - then you can stop all critical thinking. How pathetic

You misspelled "Nixon," but yes.

@@UTubeHandlesSuck No, I didn’t.

Civil War. Since the Civil War.

@@beejls In that case you mean Conservatives.

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….

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

Last time it was Hitler and it seems we have forgotten

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

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!

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

Today’s educators are nothing g more than America hating Marxist and nothing more. You’re a fool for falling for this BS.

Shocker, a progressive teacher fucked il one more brain! Thomas sowell - a conservative exposes Robert Reich as a total liar every day.

👍 👍 💯 RIGHT

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

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

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

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

Thank God you are retired, because you are an idiot.

It's clear to anyone that has studied European History of the 19th and 20th centuries.

My father served in ww two infantry and returned home with a bronze star from the beaches of Normandy...he schooled family: there is nothing,absolutely nothing glorious about war. I HEAR you. THANKU.

I served in the Infantry, 504th/506th and 327th. Trump is a neo-LIberal, like Reagan and yes Bill Clinton, who he in fact sounds almost just like, especially on immigration....Trump is not a fascist, he's just not a "progressive" lefty, words mean things.

It took too long because a nation that prides itself on being oh so much better than that - 'it could never happen here'. The American government has spent decades brainwashing the people that you are all superior to everyone else on the planet. When you (as a people) become convinced of your own greatness, how could something like this ever happen 'here'?

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.

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

If you vote for a Democrat, that only means you were never a Republican to begin with. Even Trump with his big mouth is better than most Dems today who are moving the party to be socialist/Marxist/communist. There aren't many moderate Democrats left.

As a Christian outside of the US, I find it astounding that any Christian would see Christ’s teachings and commandments on love, being charitable, tolerant, and giving mercy and grace in any Conservative Party. They are all about blaming the victim, putting ME and MY and the individual first and telling people who are suffering to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, which is such a fallacy for the poor and indigent. Even MLK said, “It is a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps”. The American evangelicals are a very strange and mostly disconcerting group who claim to follow Christ but seem to only have disdain for what He commanded.

@@ditzygypsy Totally false. You just want endless handouts to people who refuse to take any responsibility for their own lives. Conservative Christians do more privately for the poor than anyone on the left, because they help people themselves, where people on the left want the government to just give everyone everything for nothing in return, which isn't moral.

As an agnost I saw this development coming years ago. In general I dont have problems with religion, but I see a certain group of people who are drawn to (religious) direction, succumb more easily to a voice of their reasoning that holds power. This empowerment galvanizes to a point where self righteousness becomes a zealous endeavour. Their mindset then states: you're either with us or against us. The MAGA base vs the rest where moderate Republicans are called RINO's. Trumpism is a cult under a false flag of Christianity. I also feel that a lot of people had to suppress their *extreme* polical incorrectness for a long time and now feel vindicated in voicing them out loud. If they could seperate from the United States and live again as a Confederate, they probably would.

I was raised Christian and I left the church when I learned how hateful and vile 90% of them are to outsiders. If you aren't also a Christian, they treat you like a different thing entirely.

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence -- Hitchen's razor.

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

“All cruelty springs from weakness” Seneca

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

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

Poor babies.

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

A very unsuccessful fascist at that. With emergency federal powers handed to him on a silver plate and having the opportunity to institute totalitarian police state powers to shut down small businesses and restrict the practice of civil rights he ceded the authority to individual states. Most did not go so far as to do so, though many did with even a few going so far as to issue edicts to purge the elderly by isolating them from care.

@@antoniosanders477 Yes Trump is an unsuccessful and lazy fascist. Unlike Hitler, who was a ruthless figure, Trump doesn't have the acumen to create an authoritarian state though he wants that to happen in the US.

we all know professors are Marxists. I learned at CSUSB a load of propaganda. You have to hate Western Civilization, because it is Capitalist, Jewish, Christian, and for freedom of the individual. Everything that you hate as a leftist. and you don't even know what a facist is!!!!

Robert Reich is a pedophile. Us the word.

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