I really dislike the term fascist. It has been misused by the 16-22 year old set for decades. Fascism isn’t enforcing drinking age laws. But we have heard more and more references to fascism from people that actually know a fascist when they see one. And they all seem to be looking at W. This is laid out convincingly by the Guardian today. I think it is a level-headed analysis of where we are redrawing the lines in America.(h/t Fred)
I have often invoked the story of the boiling frog when discussing what has happened in this country in the past 6 years. You cannot boil a frog by throwing him into a pot of boiling water, he’ll just jump out. But if you put that frog in a pot at room temperature and slowly warm the water to boiling, you got yourself a poached frog.