Ok, I actually just didn't feel like arguing with you. You are wrong and therefore are very trump-like.

Let's look at the 14 signs that people use to tell if a government is becoming fascist:

1.The cult of tradition. “One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.”

This one is true, they want to go back to the 1950s, hence the surge of "trad wives" and some people, like Alito, would prefer going even further back to the 17th century.

2.The rejection of modernism. “The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism.”

This one is true, hence all the crying about "woke" and other nonsense, instead compelling people to turn back toward religious heritage.

3.The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”

Yep, this one is true too. Maga literally prides themselves on being ignorant. They try to stifle education by turning to the classic book bans. If you pause to think critically about something, you are called "woke".

4.Disagreement is treason. “The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge.”

This one is blatantly true because Trump and the Republicans have been stifling disagreement by sueing and/or investigating any person or company whose views don't match up precisely with theirs.

5.Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.”

Do I really need to say how true this one is? They spend all of their time full of fear and hatred toward minorities, non-maga, LGBT, etc.

6.Appeal to social frustration. “One of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups.”

Again, true. "The price of eggs are so high!!" "The radical left is just mocking us!"

7.The obsession with a plot. “Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged.”

True again. Pizzagate, QAnon, Dems running secret child eating cults etc etc. They've decided anyone not like them are devil worshippers.

8.The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”

Very true for this one. The Democrats are so weak and powerless they can never accomplish anything, yet are still somehow how capable of destroying the country through their policies.

9.Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. “For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle.”

True. This is why maga harps on America's military power so much and always talks about their guns and crap. This is why they join militias.

10.Contempt for the weak. “Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology.”

True yet again? Everyone they hate are "snowflakes" and are beneath them, despite them being the ones perpetually upset over one thing or another. It is part of why they want women and LGBT people out of the military and positions of power like the police force. To maga, these people are weak and inferior to macho manly men such as themselves. Also, this is why trump calls prisoners of war and military killed in battle weak and useless.

11.Everybody is educated to become a hero. “In Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death.”

Yuuuup. They think they are all big badass heroes that will save the world from the evil "woke". They literally worship trump as their god-king. For example, look up the golden idol they made of trump.

1. Machismo and weaponry. “Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality.”

Lol do I really need to answer this one? They are all about manly heroes like The Punisher, even though they have no idea what he stands for - they just like the skull logo and that he kills people. Let's not even get into the borderline fetish they have with their guns.

1. Selective populism. “There is in our future a TV or Internet populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People.”

Yep once more! Maga follows their emotions and treat everything they have decided as the word of God. If you aren't maga you are a "snowflake" that is un-american and is trying to ruin America.

14.Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak. “All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning.”

Yup yup yup! Fox News is the primary mouthpiece for and provide of news to maga, despite having argued in court that they are an entertainment channel and not an actual news channel - and that nobody in their right mind would actually believe they were an authentic news channel. This point is also a big reason why they ban any books they don't like and they actively try to destroy systems of education they don't like, accusing them of being "woke" or pushing some sort of agenda. A dumb population is an easily controllable population.

- As you can see, trump and maga meet all 14 of the signs used to determine if a country is sliding into fascism. It has absolutely nothing to do with the size of the government. 

Maybe you should consider learning what a word means before you go around accusing people of not knowing what they are talking about. That is very hypocritical and trump-like of you!

Below I have provided you with some resources for learning what fascism actually is, from people that are undoubtedly more well-spoken than I am:

- https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/25/how-to-spot-a-fascist-the-umberto-eco-way

https://ambysoft.com/essays/fascism.html