Author: Santiago Zabala, Claudio Gallo
Published on: 04/05/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Donald Trump has embraced far-right agendas since taking office in January. He says fascism is not the ideology of choice for the US president. But fascist movements have had several elements in common: Good of the nation is elevated above all. Trump and his cheerleaders want to go beyond neoliberalism, which maintains that a minimal state is ideal for economic prosperity. They want to establish hypercapitalism by dissolving any controls the state has over the accumulation of wealth by the extremely rich. The tech bros that Trump has surrounded himself with have wrapped this hypercapitalalism in a technological cover, claiming that technology can solve all woes and unlimited growth is the only way to progress. Trump is using tariffs as a coercive tool to force various countries into negotiating with him. It is far more likely that bilateral talks will be used to extort concessions. European postfascists, like Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, have themselves veered away from fascist conceptions of state and economy. Left should focus on developing concrete strategies to counter Trump’s popularity and hypercapitalist drive. It should go back to the root of problems ordinary people face in their lives: jobs, healthcare, education and the ever-deepening cynicism about politics.
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