{"id":79471,"date":"2025-01-08T07:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T07:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=79471"},"modified":"2025-01-08T07:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T07:44:17","slug":"trump-is-delivering-political-insanity-or-fascism-or-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/01\/08\/trump-is-delivering-political-insanity-or-fascism-or-both\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump is delivering political insanity, or fascism, or both"},"content":{"rendered":"

Headlines in the Guardian and elsewhere make it obvious how dangerous politics is becoming at this moment. Just look at those that follow.<\/p>\n

First, there is a threat to annex Canada:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Trump is not the only thing that has pulled down Trudeau, but he has most certainly destabilised that country already, and matters will get worse. I also fear for minorities there as there is going to be a sharp swing to the right.<\/p>\n

Then there is Greenland and the Panama Canal Zone<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I believe Trump when he says he is considering using economic and military force to create a new US empire. I do not think he will stop with Canada, Panama and Greenland, either. Magalomamniacs don't know what moderation is.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Facebook is giving up moderation<\/a> of content so that the far-right can say what they like. The flow of propaganda is going to become intense:<\/p>\n

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Note the use of far-right language in this. Fact-checking and moderation are not censorship, despite the far-right's claims; they are about ensuring the credibility of the content. That is going to disappear.<\/p>\n

So are the protections for many. Note this story<\/a> on McDonald's giving up its diversity programmes under right-wing pressure in the USA:<\/p>\n

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DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion.<\/p>\n

This is going to be a bad time to be:<\/p>\n