Like tbh my constitutional reasoning on that question isn't really about trying to find a clause it violates, it's more just "that's some totalitarian bullshit and our Constitution plainly does not envision totalitarianism" (a.k.a. argument from constitutional ethos)
…close to socialism for fear of creeping toward totalitarianism? And that they haven’t actually looked at issues or realized the impact on queer kids and so much more
It's a pretty damn good operative definition, although I'd caution that this definition is flawed in that it does not require totalitarianism. Fascism as a form of government relies on mass mobilization capacities almost unimaginable to large premodern societies to control all of society centrally.
“Liberalism is not utopian”. Utter crock of shit they sincerely believe while believing it is the ultimate ideology, said or unsaid, while claiming only it can defeat totalitarianism and so on. While, like a Tankie or Conservative, brushing off “missteps” if even acknowledged.
"Totalitarianism is when one human being says to another: 'You are mine.'" — Jean-Paul Sartre
She was angry her son had to learn about the Equality Act. “Children will be taught that all relationships are equally valid & ‘normal’... “We say again this is a vicious form of totalitarianism aimed at suppressing Christianity.
The choice is yours, folks: millions making poverty wages, or totalitarianism where everyone is poor. THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION
In this case, she's drawing on the critique made by Arendt (and others, but I'm most familiar with it from Arendt) about the emotive appeal of mass politics being a powerful tool of totalitarianism.
And is it really a coincidence that 45 is very into totalitarianism and now a social media app is flooded with content normalizing that speech?
"The obsession with foreign conspiracies and rooting out traitors is characteristic of fascism." Vladimir #Putinwww.newsweek.com/russia-presi...
Election interference is not the main thing Americans should be worried about, said an adviser to the Russian president.