What Authoritarianism Means - by Thomas Zimmer
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?| thomaszimmer.substack.com
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?| thomaszimmer.substack.com
Russell Vought, one of the architects behind Project 2025, believes there is nothing left to conserve. He desires revolution – and to burn down the system| thomaszimmer.substack.com
This will be a much more radical regime – and it will operate under conditions that are vastly more favorable to its extremist cause| thomaszimmer.substack.com
Trumpism is what a specifically American, twenty-first century version of fascism looks like. And in November, fascism is on the ballot.| thomaszimmer.substack.com
The Right is committed to an idea of America as a white Christian homeland. They are determined to purge the nation and radically redraw the boundaries of the body politic.| thomaszimmer.substack.com
Trump is not the mastermind behind Project 2025. It’s worse: The rightwing establishment has radicalized to the point where their plans are entirely in line with his vengeful desires| thomaszimmer.substack.com
Prominent leftwing intellectuals are allowing their singular, disdain-driven focus on (neo-) liberalism to completely distort their perspective on the Right| thomaszimmer.substack.com
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| thomaszimmer.substack.com
Will the Right be able to implement these radical plans? Is Trump on board? What happened to traditional conservatism? Let’s tackle some of the key questions surrounding “Project 2025”| thomaszimmer.substack.com
Biden’s State of the Union hinted at a key shift in the liberal imagination: From a merely restorative to a potentially more transformative vision for America| thomaszimmer.substack.com
The Right has developed concrete plans to make America into a much nastier place for anyone who dares to deviate from the white Christian patriarchal order. That’s what is on the ballot in November| thomaszimmer.substack.com
David Brooks’ “How America Got Mean” offers an ahistorical tale that obscures rather than illuminates – and provides fertile ground for a politics of reaction| thomaszimmer.substack.com
