So there is the supposed one-time moderate Democrat — now morphed into a far-left progressive president — saying this at what was said to be, per the Washington Examiner, “a million-dollar fundraiser, according to a pool report.” President Joe Biden said, without the least sense of irony: What we’re seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy. It’s not just Trump; it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something, it’s like semi-fascism. So MAGA, which, if anyone is paying attention, is about distinctly all-American beliefs like capitalism, free speech, racial equality, free and honest elections, peace through strength, “Making America Great Again,” and more is now “semi-fascism”? Really? Really? This is the same old, same old use by Biden of the old psychological game of projection — accusing your opponents of what you yourself are the living embodiment of. Over there at Merriam-Webster, fascism is defined thusly: A political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition. Or perhaps turn to the famous 20th-century exponent of the “Austrian School of economics,” Ludwig von Mises, who defined fascism as a philosophy that “suppressed all dissenting views.” (Can you say the FBI and Facebook? Or Twitter and the New York Post?) So let’s go through the vividly-on-display Biden fascism that has been thrust upon Americans: • “Severe economic and social regimentation” is a central characteristic of fascism. What, pray tell, have all those Biden–Fauci lockdowns, mask, and vaccine regimens been if not ordering that “severe economic and social regimentation” be imposed forcibly on every American? • Fascism “exalts … race above the individual.” Again, what, pray tell, is identit...
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