Weekend reading: I wrote about the fascism debate The stakes, the scholarship, the key arguments, and the politics of the question of whether Trumpism is best understood as fascism that is revealing key fault lines on the Left. Part I: thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/fascism-in... Part II: 🧵1/

The Anti-Liberal Left Has a Fascism Problem

Prominent leftwing intellectuals are allowing their singular, disdain-driven focus on (neo-) liberalism to completely distort their perspective on the Right

In Part I, I clarify the stakes in this debate, provide an overview of the key arguments that have been advanced by different camps, and outline why I believe that Trumpism does indeed represent a specifically American, specifically 21st-century version of fascism. 2/

Fascism in America?

The fascism debate rages on: Here is why it matters, what the main contentions are, and why the arguments of the Skeptics are increasingly untethered from what is happening on the Right

I love these pieces because they recognize that there are and have been many fascisms, and they're not all 1930s Germany. As an aside: I've only read his most recent book, but Moyn is the worst academic wordsmith I've read in years. So much circumlocution I can't discern what he actually thinks.

Fantastic article Thomas "Timing is Everything" #memorialday 🇺🇸

I kind of think white supremacy would be a better frame than fascism, especially after the first Black president and George Floyd protests. Fascism gets you in the weeds of comparing to Europe, white supremacy is all-American and has basically the same qualities.

This is such a tiny issue relative to the massive fascism problem on the right.

I really found this helpful! Thanks for writing it. Now, on to Part-II.