For Americans, the singular presidency of Donald Trump impels a measured consideration of what fascism truly is ― and how it grows. Particularly instructive is Benjamin Hett’s The Death of Democracy, a penetrating study of how Nazism overtook the Weimar Republic. Putin demeans America’s democratic institutions; so does Trump. Trump’s motive is to conceal an authoritarian attack on American democracy: Putin’s efforts to elect Trump president in 2016, and his ongoing attempt to manipulate our elections on Trump’s behalf. In tribal America, this proto-fascist propaganda is working: a solid majority of Republicans believe that the FBI is framing Trump.

Source: Huffington Post August 02, 2018 09:45 UTC