The Paradigm between Trump and Fascism

With the surge of Donald Trump's popularity, it is interesting to look at the comparison of Donald Trump's own policies and sayings, and that of fascism. Even though, it is hard to characterize a single person based on their own beliefs, and I am in no way saying that Trump is absolutely a fascist, it can be seen that Trump has certain fascist tendencies. The sad part of this whole charade, is that, Trump is feeding into the hearts and minds, of the bigoted populus of American denizens. We have seen upsets like this before, if it was Golden Dawn in Greece, the National Party in Britain, the National Front in France, The National Fascist Party in Italy (created by Benito Mussolini), or simply the National Socialist German Worker's Party in Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, all have exuded a sense of hyper-nationalism, as well a strong sense of military unity, and xenophobic proclivities. From there, we can only surmise that Trump, exudes some if not all of these dispositions, pointing to the fact that we can, at the very least, mildly associate him with the building blocks of fascism. Not only these tenants however, point to the aspects of fascism, as Trump also emits a cult of personality onto the American public, glorifying his business initiative, his character, and overall his "competency" as a leader of the "free" world. Not to mention, his slogan which encompasses the idea that he will transform America to what it once was, an interesting stance similar to that of Mussolini, who wanted to bring Italy back to its roots of the Roman Empire. All in all, it is easy to see the similarities (and little differences), to Trump's own policies and fascism, which makes me frightened for the future of the American public, as he is indeed the leading GOP candidate. It seems as if, the fulcrum has shifted, as American no longer focuses on unity through result, but unity through fear.