silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoIs It Fascism? A Leading Historian Changes His Mind. Robert Paxton thought the label was overused. But now he’s alarmed by what he sees in global politics — including Trumpism.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down11
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkIs It Fascism? A Leading Historian Changes His Mind. Robert Paxton thought the label was overused. But now he’s alarmed by what he sees in global politics — including Trumpism.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareceleste@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·26 days agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20210312204123/https://www.newsweek.com/robert-paxton-trump-fascist-1560652 is the ny times article different substantially from his 2021 opinion?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-226 days agoIt’s very much a reiteration and amplification of those views, and connecting them to the worldwide far-right movement, to try and keep the fascists out of power.
minus-squareceleste@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·26 days agoInteresting! I’ll have to read it later, then
https://web.archive.org/web/20210312204123/https://www.newsweek.com/robert-paxton-trump-fascist-1560652 is the ny times article different substantially from his 2021 opinion?
It’s very much a reiteration and amplification of those views, and connecting them to the worldwide far-right movement, to try and keep the fascists out of power.
Interesting! I’ll have to read it later, then