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The Fascist Meme Returns – WSJ

No doubt it was inevitable. As Election Day nears, and the progressive panic over Donald Trump escalates, Democrats are closing their campaign with a favorite theme: Mr. Trump is a threat to the Constitution, to democracy itself, and is even a fascist. But is this true, and could he really impose authoritarian rule in the U.S.?

via www.wsj.com

If you want to talk secret fascists, you could do worse a lot than FDR. Or Woodrow Wilson. Or even oddly enough, Winston Churchill. I think the tell is to look at their views on regulation. Trump is not instinctively for regulation at least.