"“Fascist violence can feel chaotic, and it sometimes is. But even amid the chaos, there is a political project taking shape. If we want to resist effectively, we have to understand what the fascist project is doing, what it is normalizing, and what kind of future it is trying to force into being.”"
"“We discuss why Trump should not be understood as corrupting an otherwise legitimate system, but as making a more visible and extreme use of systems that were already built on domination, coercion, and war.”"
"“From ICE raids in U.S. cities to military violence abroad, Hayes and Petersen-Smith explore how fascism at home and empire abroad are part of the same political project, and why our resistance must be rooted in solidarity, anti-militarism, and an ever-expanding sense of who belongs to us.”"
"“Trump is banking on the idea that the entire U.S. population is as cynical and hateful as he is. And evidently, it's not true,” says Khury Petersen-Smith."
Fascist violence can appear chaotic while a political project develops through normalization of militarized coercion. Trump’s “whenever wars” approach relies on the idea that the U.S. population shares cynical, hateful attitudes, but that assumption is not accurate. Militarized violence occurs through domestic actions such as ICE raids in U.S. cities and through military violence abroad. Trump should not be seen as corrupting a legitimate system, but as intensifying systems already built on domination, coercion, and war. Effective resistance requires understanding what fascism normalizes and what future it seeks to impose, grounded in solidarity, anti-militarism, and an expanding sense of belonging.
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