Conditions that created 1930s fascism—Great Depression, ecological crisis, global economic collapse—do not exist in the United States in 2024, making comparisons between contemporary Trump and Nazi Germany inapt; there is no evidence of 'comparable flowering of affection for fascist dictatorship' in the US.

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Ross Douthat

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the Great Depression the you know sort of ecological crisis in the United States that none of those are happening now... there is no evidence that you're seeing a comparable flowering of affection for fascist dictatorship today

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Are We All Authoritarians at Heart?New York Times Podcasts
Created: 8/10/2026, 9:56:08 PM

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