Comment on Trump literally referred to himself as "King". Surely conservatives are against a monarchy forming?
Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca 2 days agoFor the government to bring a bunch over in Project Paperclip? I don’t think they were ever against fascism; they didn’t like Hitler’s version because they didn’t benefit.
zqps@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
And even then there was significant support for the nazis among influential white people at the time. America’s principled opposition to fascism has always been a retcon.
Though while I don’t like how it completely blinds Americans to the dangers of homegrown fascism, I will say there are much worse stories to base a national mythology on. In that sense it was nice while it lasted.