By his decision to send marines to LA — and elsewhere where necessary — Trump is not only revealing his fascist disposition and mind set, but also his eagerness to shred democratic norms and structures for the purpose of establishing a fascist society.
We aren’t there yet — fascism doesn’t arrive all at once — but without resistance in its multiple forms and on a higher and sustained level — we could get there. The “No Kings” demonstrations across the country this weekend, which, I believe, will be mass in scale, couldn’t come at a better time.
