Donald Trump is a fascist. Use the word.

@namvet1968

9 ай бұрын

Mr. Reich, you are spot on! Kudos.

@yourdaddy-mq4km

9 ай бұрын

You are real fascist reich.

@yourdaddy-mq4km

9 ай бұрын

@@namvet1968 you shouldn't encourage this propagandist.

@Maga-is-desperate

9 ай бұрын

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Point proven! You are a fascist!

@Maga-is-desperate

9 ай бұрын

@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. Congratulations! You’re a fascist!

"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross" - Sinclair Lewis

@Eldritch-1

9 ай бұрын

Carrying a grudge and wrapped in diaper.

@grghkllb3875

9 ай бұрын

Carrying a cell phone and a McDonald's hamberder.

@mitch_the_-itch

9 ай бұрын

You nasty Communists and Fascists are Americas enemy within. Both are far left Socialist anti American ideologies. Show me ONE right wing American in history that has advocated any flavor of European Socialism. ONE? Its an absurd idea on its face. Silly Bernie Bro. People with crosses and American flags hate Fascism because its a Euro Socialist ideology.

@SSJfraz

9 ай бұрын

Carrying a series of illegally retained classified documents and a can of coke.

@kalijasin

9 ай бұрын

That has been proven true.

The danger does not lie in one man, the danger lies in those that carry out orders.

@MorningNapalm

2 ай бұрын

And in the one man who unites them.

@joshfriedman9775

2 ай бұрын

Dude, trump literally lies more than he tells the truth. He should never be allowed to be president again.

@hendrixj.8356

2 ай бұрын

You’d be surprised the extremes one will go to who is “carrying out orders”

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

2 ай бұрын

sure. kind of like the horrible and fascist covid mandates by democrats huh? yep

@harveysengers1379

2 ай бұрын

So, take away the orders 🤷

It all starts with education. I’m sure our education system evades teaching these chapters in depth to adolescents. No good government wants integrity, reason, critical thinking skills in their citizens.

@alexanderpalmer2647

3 ай бұрын

Good thing we are banning books in the library then. Cause nowhere in history has banning books not been for the betterment of its citizens. If it were bad for the citizens, I would have read it. It's funny, the play book changes slightly, but it's always the same moves. And the result is always the same, bad things.

@gennietayfer7514

3 ай бұрын

You should ask yourself how Biden became a millionaire by being a politician his entire life?

@merlinoddog2197

3 ай бұрын

You are obviously the result of our educational ststem.​@gennietayfer7514

@shiftoff9936

3 ай бұрын

​@@gennietayfer7514 when did he say anything about biden?

@lupix369

3 ай бұрын

I am not sure about this. In Germany we are tought a lot about fascism and the nazis in school but the AFD, a fascist party, is on the rise anyways. I think there are many reasons but one of the worst is the over representation of right wing and misogynist ideologies on short form social media.

How many Trump supporters does it take to change a lightbulb? None. Trump says it’s done and they all cheer in the dark.

@Nonexistent10

9 ай бұрын

GOD bless OUR Great President and Leader Donald Trump

@crystalebarb3587

9 ай бұрын

@Deacon2023 wow, you just proved the point there!! (I'm not in a cult, though!) 🤣😂🤣😂

@coreilly796

9 ай бұрын

@@Nonexistent10the pussy grabber! Long live the pussy grabber!

@osbiggs9602

9 ай бұрын

Brilliant! I’ll quote as often as the opportunity arises.

@jayvbspdx

9 ай бұрын

I thought the answer was none because Trump alone can fix this _(for legal purposes this is a joke)_

Beau of the Fifth Column explained why he was so successful predicting what the Republican party of the last 4 years was doing. He stopped asking, "what would a conservative do" and started asking, "what would a fascist do?" This fascist movement needs to end, and it will, either by our vote or by violence. Let's do what we can to make it the former so that the latter isn't necessary.

@ElsinoreRacer

9 ай бұрын

Go burn some more cities, brownshirt.

@jimm2600

9 ай бұрын

Beau is fantastic.

@ashd8432

9 ай бұрын

Beau is amazing

@crustjunkie

9 ай бұрын

The ballot box will never stop fascism...

@evensteve284

9 ай бұрын

Amen brother

"Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes." George Santayana

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

3 ай бұрын

thats why i stopped voting for democrats.

@jkirk1626

3 ай бұрын

Then it should alarm you Jews like Robert Reich are seeking a repeat of when Jėws comprised 5% of the Russian population during the Jewish Bolshevik Revolution, yet 70% of the Bolshevik leadership that killed more Christians than German Socialists killed Jews.

@luigimrlgaming9484

3 ай бұрын

If you remember the past then you’d remember that Fascism wasn’t the problem of the interwar years, it was the symptom. The problems are easily solvable, yet they remain unsolved as the world’s elite keeps moving further and further to the left, trying to destroy every last piece of western heritage. Hitler was right in that there was a problem, because there most definitely was major problems for Weimar Germany in the interwar years, and it very much looks like the USA Today (Hyperinflation, Radical Left-Wing Ideological Encroachment, National Humiliation, Political Chaos). Then again, Hitler was a visionary of his own ideology which had been influenced by his troubled youth and taught his racial hierarchy. Trump is far from Hitler: A successful businessman, thirty years older, never served in combat, wasn’t a very good politician, all of these things are the exact opposite of Hitler. Hitler was a failed artist, veteran WW1 soldier, Charismatic and Expert politician with a very big ideological agenda of his own.

@gennietayfer7514

3 ай бұрын

You should ask yourself how Biden became a millionaire by being a politician his entire life?

@bindervegas8006

3 ай бұрын

@gennietayfer7514 A very good question.. I bet we could actually get the answers to how Biden became a millionaire. At least he wouldn't hide behind lawyers, protecting his tax records. Bididn released his. And I didn't think there was such a thing as a poor politician. They're all in the thick of it to make sure the tax laws are written for them and their rich friends. No mistake about it. Does anyone need a yacht tax exemption? Yup. The rich. Section 179 of the tax law. Gotta use your yacht at least 50% of the time for business. WHAT business? Partying with your other rich friends and talking about your business? 😆

And, above all, accuse your enemy of what you are already doing.

@t.j.mcfadden7993

12 сағат бұрын

That's exactly what Reich is doing.

It is incredible how Trump is able to convince his followers that he isn't one of the elites, while simultaneously claiming to be a billionaire.

@user-gz4ve8mw9l

9 ай бұрын

His sheep followers all are guilty of Dunning-Kruger syndrome. He's a textbook narcissist and fascist a conman a criminal etc.

@vvv5892

9 ай бұрын

@@user-gz4ve8mw9lhe is just a flip side of the same coin, the two party system has destroyed america just as washington sayd it would

@timmarshall7292

9 ай бұрын

You do understand that the Corporate Democratic Party is supported by Billionaire$, that three different Billionaires$ tried to get the the Corporate Democratic Party Nomination in the most recent Presidential Primary, that Illinois has a Corporate Democratic Party Governor who is a Billionaire and the Corporate Democratic Party often bails out the elite with subsidies and Big Pharma and Big Corp has profited of of Corporate Democratic Party Welfarism.

@RFinSSMD

9 ай бұрын

He's convinced plenty of self-described Christians that he is a believer. Hah! What a horrible, sad, and for most of us, an unbelievable hoax.

@timmarshall7292

9 ай бұрын

@@RFinSSMD The President Select claims to be a Catholic.

I’m a U.K. citizen living in U.K. It’s a mess, here, but it’s US politics I follow, daily. What happens next, in the US, is vital for the entire planet. It’s terrifying.

@yaimavol

9 ай бұрын

I think you would agree that Joe Biden has been a disaster for the UK. We're on the brink of war with Russia, because of the weakness he projects. China/Russia just did a joint exercise of the coast of Alaska. China it seems clearly wants a war to establish their dominance. Biden is so weak they do not fear him.

@treseoreilly1953

9 ай бұрын

First, he is a malignant narcissist, drawing on those without goals or ambitions and they see him at as someone who will take care of them. Second, his father was a member of the KKK and it gave trump the sense of entitlement he stills has today. Third, if he is elected nothing will stand in his way, he could possibly become president for life. I now see the States as a threat to Canada and the world. I hope I'm not around to see him dismantle everything the US stands for as it becomes a dictatorship state. He is a true bully with a big playground..

@rudysmith1552

9 ай бұрын

I’m hoping the US collapses or goes into a far right dictator ship

@Al-oe8ib

9 ай бұрын

Exactly, and we DO NOT NEED ANOTHER ADOLF HITLER…..Trump would support putin, his handler, and pull the US out of NATO

@eg4933

9 ай бұрын

is it really that bad in the uk, honestly?

The problem is... we like to use the term fascist, and narcissist so often that they have lost their meaning, and so saying that about this guy, who is a TEXTBOOK case of both, just seems like political hyperbole.. when its actually dangerous.

@BidenisCLEARLYbetter

2 ай бұрын

he funded black colleges. Doesn't sound like a fascist to me. And yes, it is a political thing.

@mr.pringle8466

2 ай бұрын

@@BidenisCLEARLYbetter Lol yeah because he got 16% of the black vote.. not b/c he "cares" he doesn't do ANYTHING for ANYONE, that he doesn't directly benefit from.. like a narcissist

@user-iq4dc9tf7i

2 ай бұрын

@@BidenisCLEARLYbetterso the definition of fascist is "does not fund black colleges" it is this kind of ignorance and stupidity that is leading america down this path. half the people voting for him dont even know what he is running for, they just think he is more charismatic, not that they even know that word either.

@user-iq4dc9tf7i

2 ай бұрын

this video is litterally using the exact definition of fascism. you are the one that doesnt know what fascism is.

@davidvaillancourt5111

2 ай бұрын

That's what narcissists do. You call them narcissist, they'll figure out a way to tell you that you are the narcissist and you are crazy. You call them fascists, they'll figure out a way to tell you you are the fascist. Actually there is a big overlap between narcissism and fascism.

Let's not forget that originally Mussolini was going to call it corporatism instead of fascism.

@A-A_P

3 ай бұрын

With a bit of a different meaning though. If I do remember correctly, the "corporations" were along the lines of trade unions or something. They are not the same corporations we think of today. But the situation is a bit similar to the german one with the connections between top businessmen and the nazies.

@gustavmeyrink_2.0

3 ай бұрын

@@A-A_P Mussolini instituted a National Council of Corporations which was stuffed with private business representatives and practically no trade unions. This rapidly increased the formation of cartels ie basically the same as we understand corporations to be today. Agip, the Italian oil corporation was formed back then. In Germany corporations like IG Farben (they controlled >80% of the world's pigment production) financed the nazi party.

@horacioelconserjeopina3956

3 ай бұрын

Stupid American. Corporatism is syndicalism. Robert Reich is a Neo-corporatist 😂😂

@gustavmeyrink_2.0

3 ай бұрын

@@A-A_P Mussolini created a National Council of Corporations which was stuffed with representatives of private business owners and very, very few union ones. So few they were basically powerless. Essentially it was a 'trade union' of business leaders. Agip, the Italian oil company, was formed at the time alongside numerous cartels. I fail to see any major difference between corporation then and now.

@Puppetmastersfool

3 ай бұрын

I guess you have never read Orwell, at least not all of his work, nor have you looked in to the Italian word 𝐹𝒶𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑜, now smarty pants tell my what you know of Angelo Oliviero Olivetti

Watching Trump complain about the elites really is deafeningly ironic.

@Nonexistent10

9 ай бұрын

GOD bless OUR Great President and Leader Donald Trump

@nathanduke5323

9 ай бұрын

@@Nonexistent10 he's not great, he's not the president, and he's not a leader. Pray for God to bless him if you choose but he's none of the things you just described him as.

@ProMace

9 ай бұрын

Watching Trump supporters draw God into their love affair with Trump is also deafeningly ironic.

@nathanduke5323

9 ай бұрын

@@ProMace indeed.

@bobprice9541

9 ай бұрын

@ProMace is Trump even a Christian? I am a Christian and Trump's morals or lack therof do not line up with Biblical Christianity.

Both of my parents grew up under fascist dictatorships. They saw this guy coming a MILE away. It puzzled and horrified them that any American could possibly support him in any way.

@vereferreus5262

9 ай бұрын

In Europe most of us are still puzzled how Hitler came to power. But they are still hiding under us. 20% of the people in countries like the Netherlands are fascist and support regimes like Russia's or China. They are easy to recognize though. They miss any form of social behaviour.

@noname7271

9 ай бұрын

Bruh, Hitler was inspired by laws to segregate Black Americans and to genocide Native Americans Nazis even held rallies at Madison Square garden in the 30s it's part of recorded history. Fascists and America are as normal as Russia and fascism. There's various articles and books about the Nazis/Hitler and their research ino American segregation. It's not pleasant stuff.

@richardkidwell4134

9 ай бұрын

I still feel just what your parents felt.

@idont888

9 ай бұрын

Anyone who actually had an ounce of sense ,knew Trump was a fool. He ran on nothing but hate, lies,and fear and racism, and the destruction of America as we know it.. And it was so obvious .

@albertgaspar627

9 ай бұрын

"trumpanzees" (supporters who see, hear, etc no evil) support him because they share his 7 Deadly Sins characteristics. If you can stand to listen to one without showing judgement, they soon reveal what they have in common--the victim mentality, the "white privilege" of expecting a difference sense of justice to be applied to them, the exaggerated sense of their own worth, the willing to punish, and so on. People defend the most passionately, anything they feels is their identity. but, also, we didn't just "get trumped" in 2016. Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman made people like Boebert and MTG seem acceptable. The sense a businessman could fix gov't came to us before in the guise of GW Bush (also accused of fascism)--isn't it ironic those who think businessmen make good presidents always pick the nepotist who went bust? And there's also the social media algorythms--before the internet you got on a mailing list from the NRA that eventually got you John Birch Society trash in your mailbox. now you simply look up "vaccine denial" and you're down the rabbit hole.

@6:19 - Bible verse Matthew 6:5 - “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others." - the Clergy is complicit in not being honest about this lesson when they see this behavior.

"Power not only corrupts but also magnifies existing psychopathologies, even as it creates new ones. Fostered by the flattery of underlings and the chants of crowds, a political leader's grandiosity may morph into grotesque delusions of grandeur. Sociopathic traits may be amplified as the leader discovers that he can violate the norms of civil society and even commit crimes with impunity." (2017 "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump)

@gonozal8_962

3 ай бұрын

power rarely corrupts, it just drops the facade and reveals what they believed in all along

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

3 ай бұрын

looking at the policies and practices of republicans vs democrats -- only idiots vote for democrats today.

@MrBENTON78

3 ай бұрын

That's a great book. Everyone should read it.

@gennietayfer7514

3 ай бұрын

You should ask yourself how Biden became a millionaire by being a politician his entire life?

@iamsiley2200

3 ай бұрын

@@gonozal8_962 Not quite. I do think most people with power have their facade destroyed or at least weakened; but I do believe that it is not because power doesn't corrupt, but those corrupted are attracted to power. If you hoist a random person into a position of power, how long do you think it'd take to let it go to their heads?

People ask, "Hitler - how did that happen?" This is how it happened. We're watching how it happened, its happening right now, again, right in front of our eyes.

@waffleswafflson3076

9 ай бұрын

You're right but not for the reasons you think you are

@davidstorrs

9 ай бұрын

Expand, please?

@morgen_t

9 ай бұрын

Funny you say that cause time magazines person of the year known as “adolf hitler” was looked at as a great man up until 1939, they let him get away with so much and 50 million people died because of it. Cowards like you are so afraid of guys like trump that you in rightfully impeach him twice, rig elections to get him out and then try your hardest to put the least crooked us president in the past 30 years in jail. You’re whole campaign is built on fear and lies that your fed by people like this man in the video. A successful businessman slips by into office after you were sure of his defeat in 2016 and you go off your rocker, he interrupted your 20 year long communist new world order regime and it left you animals in tears. Embarrassing weak humans

@kanjacat

9 ай бұрын

@@waffleswafflson3076 how presumptuous of you.

@kennethgarcia8352

9 ай бұрын

Perfectly put point taken Trump needs to be stopped NOW 🤬👹!!!!

Easy answer. Yes, Donald Trump is fascist. Ron DeSantis is also fascist. Neither politicians understand fascism or think they are fascist but their inclination towards authoritarianism, silencing political enemies, targeting vulnerable groups and extreme nationalism makes them beginner fascists.

@yellowgreen5229

9 ай бұрын

RonDeathSantis They have fascist backers, they are told what keywords to use.

@pschroeter1

9 ай бұрын

I've been calling Trump a proto-Fascist.

@RayBetterThanEvilCanival

9 ай бұрын

Your comment hit the nail squarely on its head. Trump is definitely a fascist and wants to be a dictator. You can see it with how he treats NATO allies vs. Putin, Kim Jong Un, etc.

@rhodawatkins4516

9 ай бұрын

They think it's only fascist if someone else is doing it.

@SarahHawke-mk6mq

9 ай бұрын

Yes fascism is usually against the odds for the few and it's a stupid system that divides countries even after a short period of time many are aware of what Nazi Germany went through it takes decades to win back trust

The majority of people who experienced the horrors of World War II are now gone and here we are going down the same disastrous path.

@EagleWolf2

26 күн бұрын

Most People have short memories, As far as WorldWar2, "Yes" it was bad, But worse now, because People in general are morally weaker, ----

@stewartbjorgan4840

24 күн бұрын

@@EagleWolf2 kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZ6Ilqqlfq20l6w.html

@guillermoelnino

23 күн бұрын

Oh, y ou mean thr g overnent forcing ideological speech onto everyone along with jailing/assa sinating their political opponents? Y ou mean like that? Or do y ou just mean "orange man bad"?

@stewartbjorgan4840

22 күн бұрын

@@EagleWolf2 As indicated by a seriously ethically and morally flawed Donald Trump even being considered for President.

@elizabethwitt2621

14 күн бұрын

We're not going to let it happen. Educate everyone you know on the issues. Vote Blue right down the line 2024. 🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙🇺🇲💙

"we may be entering an age, where if the leader says it, two and two shall make five" -Eric Arthur Blair

That is the clearest and starkest definition ever. Thank you, Robert Reich.

@yourdaddy-mq4km

9 ай бұрын

You are thanking a propagandist for his propaganda, you should be embarrassed of yourself.

@sheenablueeyesblondie2363

9 ай бұрын

​@@yourdaddy-mq4kmare you mad cus he called Trump what he really Is or are you a fascist supporter..hmmmmm

@katediehl4836

9 ай бұрын

​@@yourdaddy-mq4kmBot

@impotusx2459

9 ай бұрын

@@yourdaddy-mq4kmpot…meet kettle! Besides you suck off to don the con, ‘nuff said!

@zoyadulzura7490

9 ай бұрын

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

He doesn't just attack 'elites', he attacks experts of any type, basically anyone who knows more than he does on any topic, which is most topics.

@PickpocketJones

9 ай бұрын

When a Republican needs their car fixed, the go to a gardener because you can't trust car "experts".

@suspiciousbird487

9 ай бұрын

Please actually read what fascists say about fascism. Giovanni Gentile had an entire section stating that the fascists were against intellectuals but were not actually against science, technology, or culture. The reasons why fascists hated intellectuals is because they did not put action behind their thoughts and ideas. Also, rational thinking goes against the very spiritual, very pathos driven ideology that is fascism

@altrag

9 ай бұрын

@@suspiciousbird487 > The reasons why fascists hated intellectuals is because they did not put action behind their thoughts and ideas The reason why fascists hate intellectuals is because intellectuals tend to be able to see fascism for what it is and have a "bad habit" of calling it out. Fascism relies on people not understanding what's happening to them - nobody would accept it if they realized what the final outcome will be.

@pixelwash9707

9 ай бұрын

More personal attacks on Trump. What happened to voting on policies?

@darrenbinder8064

9 ай бұрын

@@pixelwash9707what policies?

At first Donald Trump supposedly stood by LGTB during his 2016 campaign. The man is flippant on his issues

@vez3834

2 ай бұрын

What he does is he listens to the crowd. Whatever gets the crowd cheering is good and whatever makes the crowd boo is bad. That's my view on him at least, but I vaguely remember him mentioning that that's what he does.

@user-ut7hh3zb2f

16 күн бұрын

He uses people, and then either tosses them or actively works to destroy them.

We need to see and hear more from you Robert. You echo how so many of us feel and we learn from your videos on all kinds of topics. Keep it up!

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

2 ай бұрын

Go look up Thomas Sowell if you care about the truth that robert reich refuses to tell you.. Robert just sells hate of conservatives. its such a pathetic narrative.

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." -Henry A Wallace, 1944

@Fucknuts4u

8 ай бұрын

Well we're now dealing with communism masked as Liberal Democracy...what did Hank A Wallace have to say about that?

@wessexdruid7598

8 ай бұрын

@@Fucknuts4u Living up to your name, I see.

@scottpandich3972

8 ай бұрын

Wallace was, of course, such a nut job that Democratic leaders forced FDR to drop him from the ticket in 1944.

@ksb2112

8 ай бұрын

@@Fucknuts4u But we're not. Simply lying repeatedly about it is not enough. You need to show how you see a real problem with communism in the US.

@dr.dfargo2921

8 ай бұрын

Where's the Ronald Reagan quote😅

The guy with literal golden toilets calling out the "elites" as the enemy of the people.

@juliemissick4206

9 ай бұрын

Hypocrisy at its finest and Trump is an expert at it.

@ThatOpalGuy

9 ай бұрын

he is jealous because everything he owns is leveraged by debt. he is not rich, he just pretends to be

@censorship_cant_stop_truth2

9 ай бұрын

​@@juliemissick4206how do you think Trump knows about the elites? He is one of them but he calls them out, that's why he has been attacked. They all loved him until he ran for president and called them out.

@Raspberries9372

4 ай бұрын

There’s a clear difference between elites good for the world and elites that are horrible.

@dillbill7152

4 ай бұрын

You're halfway there. Now look at the politicians you support. They are all hypocritical. Then you laugh. Then you realize it's not the material possessions that make a peson's character. Then you look at the actions which affect the entire country's future. EG Trump being illegally removed from the Colorado ballot. Democratic nominees being removed from four states so you can only vote biden. Now the tyranny becomes apparent. Those are the dangerous "elites"

Thank you Mr. Reich, clear and to the point. This was very interesting and as an historian, I see the signs, look at the past and feel pain for the future of America if this man is not stopped.

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

2 ай бұрын

so the fascism by democrats didnt bother you over all the covid mandates, but the accusations of fascism on trump bother you? wow. go look up Thomas sowell for the truth.

Aaaaannnddd the definition is so open any politician ever born could be an authoritarian. Great job.

@basicboomer519

20 күн бұрын

These radical leftists will manipulate language to make things appear completely different than what they are. Biden is using courts against his opponent, which is what power hungry people do.

As a German, I view the rise of fascism in the world (America is not alone) with concern. I had people like that in my own family and I know that they are absolutely serious about the things in their hate speeches.

@chazott

7 ай бұрын

There have been many hate crimes committed during Trump's rise to power that may have never been without him. He has certainly increased violence and hatred between American people, let along against other nations. I'm not just saying thoughtless words, I know a murderer who likely would have not murdered had he not been empowered by the furor of Trump. And of course we all saw the January 6th violence that never would have been without Trump. I sincerely hope the criminal indictments against him will prevail and he will spend the rest of his days behind bars as some small justice for the violence he has sown in society.

@schlim6763

7 ай бұрын

yea I'm a german too. Just a year ago my High School teacher said to me that some students drew a lot of swastikas in the toilets, more than he has ever seen in his decade long career

@marcux83

7 ай бұрын

German here. share your concerns. stay strong, organize, be vigilant!

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

7 ай бұрын

Don’t believe anything the leftists say about America

@ecchioni

7 ай бұрын

@@schlim6763 Maybe they were beaten up by some Turkish or Arabic little, or not so little bastards?

Thank you for naming the outrage on the right for what it is. I am a former Republican voter myself, but I cannot bring myself to vote for any Republican today. (Fortunately, most Republicans I know of are dying off...)

@JohnT.4321

9 ай бұрын

I don't vote for either political party. It is my opinion that the Democrats enable the Republicans. They call each other friends across the aisle.

@dvonzosch461

9 ай бұрын

Max Planck believed that sometimes you can't persuade ppl to change --- in common language: " Progress happens one funeral at a time "

@sempressfi

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting. Have noticed more of y'all speaking up since it became clear that he's still the likely nominee and it is both super appreciated to see many who sre still center right/conservative recognize the threat AND stand shoulder to shoulder with us lefties. Heading studied the intricacies of how fascism rises, one key thing is that the "moderates" and those who are firmly right wing but pro-democracy become convinced that "the left is the one going crazy" and join with the extreme right. There are a couple other related trends like leftist infighting but it's this one that has worried me so much, esp with Chris Christie types saying bs like they will do whatever they can to keep Coup-y Doo out of office...except vote for Democrats/Biden. Anyway didn't mean to go on a rant/tangent but seriously felt a visceral wave of relief and hope seeing your comment and realizing there has been an increase of ppl saying similar. Thank you 💙🇺🇸

@gyvren

9 ай бұрын

I long for the days of the “normal” conservative. We used to be able to talk and hang out and I really miss those days. These days, I’m instantly distrustful of most republicans I meet. The extreme right-wing and their god-king made it this way. Our lefty extremism was a direct response to their extremism, as they started it. I tried hipping people to Lawrence Britt’s 14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism back in 2015 when Orange started running. I knew what he was before most people saw it. But they saw this guy and were instantly blinded by his bullsh¡t charisma. Whatever spell he cast was a STRONG one..

@itsmybuddha.nature

9 ай бұрын

For years I was Independent.... NEVER again will I vote right and I am now a proud Democrat. I always believed in moderation, meeting in the middle, and walking a mile in the others shoes. You can't do that with todays republicans. I don't know what they've become or how they got there....but they disgust me.

Listening to Americans trying their best at political science and boiling it down to reaching/downright lying is giving me a headache.

This video does not have nearly enough views and it only becomes more and more relevant.

This is the clearest description of fascism I have ever heard.

@barneygimble8984

9 ай бұрын

I was taught Capitalism has productivity is the goal and government should protect private control of production . Communism has public control of production and government should control equity. Socialism has public good as a goal and government should provide public services. While fascism is corporate ownership of government . And that Mussolini was a fascist while Hitler was a nationalist socialist., Not a fascist.. The video tries to conflate totalitarianism and fascism.. Trump is more accurately called a populist

@barneygimble8984

9 ай бұрын

Are you saying trump is not a capitalist?

@everettcalhoun8197

9 ай бұрын

@@barneygimble8984 Trump is more accurately called a traitor to the Constitution and the United States. The ONLY reason and I mean the only reason he wont be charged is this benevolent country does not want to execute a former President because he is stupid.

@ydgmdlu

9 ай бұрын

​@@barneygimble8984you said: "I was taught..." LMAO! So you are not an expert on political science like Robert Reisch is? You're using your grade school education to argue against him? Give me a break!

@Pinkielover

9 ай бұрын

Stay in school

I'll be using this in school when it's time to educate the kids on what fascism is, thanks!

@scambammer6102

9 ай бұрын

I would get my definition of fascism somewhere else. This one is designed to prove trump is a fascist. It is not historically accurate.

@StompingRabbits

9 ай бұрын

That's not educating , it's indoctrinating...if you pushed your BS on my kids you and I would be on a collision course that you'll most assuredly lose...

@lauralinden6840

9 ай бұрын

It’s time to educate them now!!

@pietsnotty8283

9 ай бұрын

@@StompingRabbits Trump is a textbook autocratic fascist. Greetings from the educated and developed 1st World

@tomc.7520

9 ай бұрын

I take it you are not a teacher in Florida. From a veteran, thank you for your service. Teachers are more important than soldiers.

Robert I remember you from years ago at the Statler Office building in Boston. I believe you were working on the Dukakis campaign. I worked as security for the building. I enjoy your videos. We have to keep the former President outta the White House or were all doomed. 😊

That smug look on Mussolini's face as he looks out from that balcony is exactly the same expression Trump had when he pushed aside Markovic at the 2017 NATO group photo.

Thank you, Robert, for this clarifying video. I have friends who refer to Trump as an authoritarian. I think doing so is based on the corporate media’s squeamishness in assigning the “f” word to Trump and his supporters. A large part of this denialism is also based on an entrenched insistence that America is exceptional, that we are a remarkable and strong people, that a Hitler could not flourish here. Ironically, this claim to exceptionalism is a fascist trait, which has always worried me in regard to Americans’ potential to eventually embrace it. And here we are with the most recent polls indicating a dead heat between Trump and Biden. Unbelievable, but perhaps an inevitable pivotal moment given the fascist fissures embedded in the American character.

@macmcleod1188

9 ай бұрын

Authoritarian mindset ( first identified in a 1947 study) is what makes facism possible. People with the authoritarian mindset conform to strong leaders. If the strong leader is democratic then they become Democratic. If the strong leader wants to be president for life, then they become in favor of presidents for life. About one-fourth of any population have the authoritarian mindset. I think most of them are clumped in the Republican party right now.

@JimHolder-pk2kk

9 ай бұрын

@@macmcleod1188 This one-fourth may also be related to "nurturing parent v. strict father" child rearing models

@jim0311

9 ай бұрын

FYI - internal numbers show Trump losing among educated middle class women,blacks, independents..(sources include Gov Christie,etc)

@luch4911

9 ай бұрын

What a gross video edit to make trump look fascist. At this time majority of us now see the democratic party as a whole to be the fascists! Trump 2024! A president for all legal Americans no matter what race! America first!

@lauralinden6840

9 ай бұрын

@@macmcleod1188 I understand and appreciate your points, but Mr. Reich dedicated this video to focusing on the distinctions between the authoritarian and fascist mindset. In doing so he drew a very bold and straight line to Trump and his supporters/enablers that identifies them as fascists, who are far more dangerous than authoritarians in the destructive ways they seize and wield power.

Robert Reich doing what he does best. Explaining something complex very simply and rationally. Educated me, and I've read several books on fascism.

@chompythebeast

9 ай бұрын

No education on the subject is complete without reading _Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism_ by Lenin. On the very first page he predicts the rise of the Nazis and the "Santa-Clausification" of revolutionary figures like Martin Luther King Jr. It's very accessible stuff as far as theory goes, and it's truly eye-opening stuff for many, especially since it all seems even more vindicated by history from our perspective today

@yourdaddy-mq4km

9 ай бұрын

Reich is doing what he does best.... Pushing false narratives because he is the real fascist.

@mitch_the_-itch

9 ай бұрын

Lying cheating and stealing is what this nasty Clintonista does best. You useful idiots are Americas mortal enemies within. We arent going to forget.

@censorship_cant_stop_truth2

9 ай бұрын

Zero replies 😂. Censorship is fascism

@theodoresweger4948

9 ай бұрын

There are many of us left who remember WWII and how it started

Thanks for posting this and I certainly shared this with my community. What I do not understand is that so many Americans run blind into this and vote for him with the excuse "ah, wont' get that bad, ah, he just can't talk well, ah, excuses and excuses." Are people so blind or ignorant to forget what happened on 6th of Jan? do they not see that they vote the next potential dictator and out current system falls over? I don't understand that and honestly, as non-American, I have the feeling I care more about this country's future than many of the people who are born here. Let's not lose freedom that we have left.

Excellent! Thank you!

Love Your work Robert Reich !

@lindascanlan6317

9 ай бұрын

Me too.. He explains stuff well....

@user-fc7is6jo2e

9 ай бұрын

He is heroic for the good that he has done throughout his life.

@censorship_cant_stop_truth2

9 ай бұрын

​@@user-fc7is6jo2eyou mean lie to people for the last 50 years? He should be in prison.

@user-fc7is6jo2e

9 ай бұрын

@@censorship_cant_stop_truth2 About what did Dr. Reich lie about?

Already knew the answer was “yes” before I even watched the video.

@nickiemcnichols5397

9 ай бұрын

I did too. But Robert explained the difference.

@davidh9844

9 ай бұрын

Of course. It's so easy to let someone else do the thinking when you have other things to do with your time.

@cherylb6755

9 ай бұрын

And likely have for a long time. Stay strong. ⚖️🇺🇸

@ThatOpalGuy

9 ай бұрын

well, the uneducated who are indoctrinated into the maga cult didnt know. not that this will change their minds.

@RayBetterThanEvilCanival

9 ай бұрын

Same, but now we have arguments and specific examples to back up our assertions

Thank you for continuing to shine light on this movement.

As a direct descendant of parents that lived through the Nazi occupation… I totally agree.

@leobigelow7021

9 ай бұрын

As the direct descendant of someone who fought the war that freed your parents, I totally disagree. You're welcome, by the way.

@margaretwordnerd5210

9 ай бұрын

@@leobigelow7021 how can you take pride in the US joining the Allies when your heart yearns for fascism by another name?

@margaretwordnerd5210

9 ай бұрын

Kramer, Arnold Schwarzenegger has done powerful videos on growing up with a Nazi father. He didn't love it, and he sees the fascist elements in the Republicans today as very dangerous. 🖖✌

@mbjasniewski

9 ай бұрын

@@margaretwordnerd5210 Excellent question. I am sure you will receive a fact-based, thoughtful reply. Lol...

@paradoxworkshop4659

9 ай бұрын

I grew up with a family story of a "cousin Berthold" who deserted the German army and walked back to Munich from Russia. Fascism is easy for the unintelligent because it literally requires no thought, and the acceptance of propaganda. Queue: Q

I love hearing this, from Robert Reiche. If only people had listened to this, ten years ago, when Chris Hedges tried to warn America that it was going to happen. Then maybe we wouldn't be in this mess. We've had too many years of pretending things are not what they are.

@My-Pal-Hal

9 ай бұрын

​@@openyourmind697 Well to be fair. It's more of an instruction manual to them.

@grahamshere

9 ай бұрын

They listened, but the Republicans want fascism plain and simple. They want the ability to kill and destroy anyone they dislike. They love being in a cult.

@yourdaddy-mq4km

9 ай бұрын

You love hearing this because you're a real fascist and you can't stand the fact that we are taking back America from the deep state and the elite puppet masters.

@kosmokritikos9299

9 ай бұрын

Sadly, knowing about it will not stop it. There is but one way to stop Nazis and we witnessed that from June 1944 to May 1945. They go on about their 1776 moment. We need to vigilantly remind them that our 1945 moment occurs immediately afterward.

@hollyhouston5837

9 ай бұрын

Chris Hedges became a paid spokesman for Russian state TV, RT. He's endorsed the People's Party, and their other endorsements are from people paid by Russia. Putin and his Shanghai Cooperation buddies are infiltrating from the right and left. Bannon's been quoted as saying, "Plant left, pivot right!"

He is a power hungry individual who will portray to be anything that furthers his ambitions. From a Bible reading spiritualist to a ruthless Mob boss.

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

3 ай бұрын

democrats are determined to virtue signal and social justice our way to national failure. Trump has done nothing of the sort. you fools.

Genuinely asking: how does Mussolini's Italy fit into the idea of fascism demanding an idea of superior race or historic bloodlines? Haven't read about it in years, but also have never heard these ideals mentioned in relation. Always figured their brand of fascist superiority was strictly political.

@Gunnson

3 ай бұрын

it was not purely political. He invoked the might of ancient Rome, telling the Italians that they were of the same blood as their forebearers, destined to rule the Mediterranean

@ccdg1066

2 ай бұрын

Right! And he kept repeating this as mantra, along with other lies and deceptions. @@Gunnson

@vez3834

2 ай бұрын

That's a good question! I'm glad Gunnson was able to give such a short and sweet answer.

I took an elective in the latter half of high school called "The Isms." And fascism def describes everything I saw in trump since the beginning of his political career/grift.

@Eldritch-1

9 ай бұрын

Raised as descendent of victims of Fascism always keeping my eyes open and magazine full.

@thomasmaughan4798

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like fun. There's about 280 isms. Of course, your definitions for any of them may well differ from my definitions.

@edmer68

9 ай бұрын

@@thomasmaughan4798 it was a history/government class so just the “big 4” Isms…communism, fascism, socialism & capitalism.

@thomasmaughan4798

9 ай бұрын

@@edmer68 Sounds like I might have enjoyed high school history in a class like that. Socialism in particular has so many definitions it is nearly useless as a descriptor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism As it happens, Capitalism and socialism are not necessarily opposite or even rival; nothing prevents 'the people" from investing capital and producing goods thereby (capitalism). Communism is somewhat more defined; "commune" ism; everything held in common, which means nobody owns anything personally. The playbook for this is Thomas More's "Utopia" which sort of sounds appealing and equally terrifying. Of course it cannot work without forced labor; in capitalism labor is *compelled* by necessity but not usually forced. People think of socialism/communism only in terms of Free Stuff For Me; not realizing that someone is making that Free Stuff and it might be YOU doing the making but not personally enjoying the fruit of your labor.

@vaticancartel136

12 күн бұрын

@@Eldritch-1 And yet, who is trying to disarm you?

Another distinction is that authoritarian regimes generally want to keep people passive, while fascists aim at total mobilization under the leadership of their strongman leader. Which means that they constantly need to find new threats and enemies to mobilize their followers.

@RhaviMarques

9 ай бұрын

the drag story times! no wait the books! no wait the stoves! THE LAPTOP!

@barrymoore4470

9 ай бұрын

Yes, these people thrive on hate, and have constant need of perceived enemies.

@julietfischer5056

9 ай бұрын

And that means ever-narrowing definitions of acceptable behavior and attitudes in order to create those enemies, and ever-expanding enemies.

@barrymoore4470

9 ай бұрын

@@julietfischer5056 That's right. Were these people to achieve their aims, silencing or eradicating all their perceived antagonists, they would start turning upon each other, because all they know and understand is enmity and strife.

@hubbsllc

9 ай бұрын

As Timothy Snyder says in ON TYRANNY, "Power wants you softening in your chair."

I read today in a book the following, and made a variant: when becomes the delusion of one man the reality of half a nation?

@Gail1Marie

2 ай бұрын

It's not half. It's more like 20 percent. But if it's a strategic 20 percent, or the GOP succeeds in voter suppression....

@JuliaBl

2 ай бұрын

@@Gail1Marie well, anyway, let’s keep our fingers crossed!!

@Gail1Marie

2 ай бұрын

Amen to that. @@JuliaBl

@vez3834

2 ай бұрын

I would like to reword it to be grammatically correct (or at least better): When does the delusion of one man become the reality of half a nation?

@JuliaBl

2 ай бұрын

@@vez3834 well, english is not my mother tongue, so feel free to do so. Although i doubt that other readers do not understand what i said or feel the need to reword....

I love my country I am a patriot I am voting 🔷️ for Freedom, Democracy and the American Way P.S. Anyone that wants to terminate our constitution is no patriot Trump move to Hungary, and let the door hit you in the butt on the way out!

@kaisermarxistdixie6842

3 ай бұрын

Democracy and freedom was never on the ballot, and if you assume that the only fascist is Trump and not Biden, then I don't know what to tell you

@piamorrow6955

3 ай бұрын

@@kaisermarxistdixie6842 I am a German immigrant and a Democratic Why in the world would I ever vote republican. I worked all my life. Repulicans never have past any meaningful legislation for working class citizen, you know the ones that actually pay taxes.

@piamorrow6955

2 ай бұрын

@kaisermarxistdixie6842 I'll never kiss the ring nomatter who wears it. All I want is to live my life and be free or whatever that means

@kaisermarxistdixie6842

2 ай бұрын

@@piamorrow6955 the issue is that you will end up kissing the ring of a puppet master, My comment is obviously not a defense of Trump, it's a plain statement that democrats or Republicans it's all the same and that the United States is nothing more than an oligarchy, doesn't matter if we have a Congress controlled by either party the issues that are important to lobbyists and thinktanks are the only issues that will be addressed by congress and not the issues of the average citizen. The reason I say fascism is already here and that democracy hasn't been on a ballot box in a long time is because the system is set to only favor a two party system and the two parties come together to stamp out any legitimate grassroot movement ment to challenge the status quo this is what inevitably leads us to polarizing figures like Trump.

Yes, and it is high time legacy or mainstream media calls him and his supporters fascists. It is ridiculous the lessons from the forties have been forgotten.

@thelakeman5207

9 ай бұрын

Trump and his buddies have been calling anyone who opposes them, communists. About time people called Trump and the Repub's fascists, which is exactly what they are. They tried to overturn a Presidential election. That's what fascists do!

@zen-Tii

9 ай бұрын

Not forgotten. A large portion of the Republican Party knows exactly what it wants and how to get it. They’re going to do it right this time and anyone who would look out of place on “Leave it to Beaver” is going to the camps.

@deancarsononmusic2792

9 ай бұрын

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@yourdaddy-mq4km

9 ай бұрын

The corporate media does nothing but. What's really ridiculous is that the sheep still believe it.

@Soapandwater6

9 ай бұрын

Yes, mainstream media has to call them out on being fascists and educate them as to why.

A spot-on presentation. Thank you again, Mr. Reich. I'm worried that the people who really need to see this aren't seeing it. This needs to be broadcast on Fox News everyday between now and the election.

@anncata7368

9 ай бұрын

Fox News? Please. They rather make $$ and promote 45

@foreverhopeful8497

9 ай бұрын

Fox - the soap opera with a newsy look

@ToyKeeper

9 ай бұрын

Hell would freeze over before Faux News aired a video like this.

@srussell8436

9 ай бұрын

Without the Fox Propaganda Network's 24/7 endorsement and support, distortions and omissions of truth, and expert ability to indoctrinate the weak minded and dumb, Trump would NEVER have managed to win. In fact, without the entire conservative propaganda machine, most of the worst Republican AND Democratic politicians our nation has been plagued with would never have been able to win their elections. The conservative propaganda machine is, without a doubt, the biggest threat to national security, the survival of our representative democracy, and our hopes of ever making meaningful progress on ANY of the biggest problems facing mankind. It's long past time that we finally begin taking the threat seriously...

@scooterdover2771

9 ай бұрын

Maybe the other company suing Fox Entertainment can put that in their settlement.

Robert did a great job explaining the difference. I always learn something new and important from his videos. Great job, Robert. You are an anazing teacher and the people need this right now. Knowledge is power. Thank you! 👏👏💙💙🇺🇲🇺🇲

@cardinalRG

13 күн бұрын

Reich is intelligent and often correct, but here he's disingenuous, and ought to know better. Trump is a hundred kinds of awful, but he's not a fascist. Reich's explanation of fascism is narrow and selective, and I think he has partisan motives here, not just informative ones.

Rob thanks for facts

As a first generation American of German blood, this is everything we were warned to avoid and “never let happen again”. So to see it in this nation, the nation that triumphed over my bloodline’s nation, is in a word, frightening. Because it is what led to the downfall of Germany and into ruin for decades. Germany today of course is devoutly rebuilt in democracy having learnt their painful lesson. Please do not let the United States fall into the same trap of fascism.

@incubus_the_man

8 ай бұрын

Germans have accepted their past history and try to learn from it. Americans try to hide it and revise the history taught to kids. They hide the history of slavery and won't accept the truth about racism, sexism or homophobia. They can't accept that the nation hasn't always been right.

@landonletterman831

8 ай бұрын

There are enough of us to vote, that see the danger, that I don't think he'll ever make office again. He had his shot, and he blew it. He could definitely have done a worse job, but he also could have done a better job than the one which had _THE WORLD_ dancing in the street, like the Death Star blew up in orbit and took the Emperor with it, when he got fired. I can forgive people for not noticing the difference, because this one is screaming in English at his rallies, but what I can't forgive are the people who want him to run this country, like one of his businesses, without realizing that the reason Trump *HIMSELF* claims success is running his business like a dictatorship.

@tjs200

8 ай бұрын

The scary things is that unlike Germany, if America were to become fascist I dont really see how it could be defeated if it decided to start wars with its neighbors/enemies

@janice369

8 ай бұрын

I am 2nd generation German on both sides. A blind man can see what tRump & Rs are doing. My family will move idk where, maybe to Germany if things don't change for the better, that's it. Not going to spend my last cpl decades like the last 8 years.

@graceomalley4

8 ай бұрын

Yes. Well said.

Awesome, clearly explained for those who were unclear. This is a dangerous time, we are at the edge, and too many of us are not seeing the truth. Thank you for helping shed light on the dangers posed by this dangerous faction of our country

@CaneFu

9 ай бұрын

Let's call Trump supporters out for what they are.....either stupid, or traitors, or both.

@dannmarceau9743

9 ай бұрын

And some are very unclear as we don't teach any real history until college here in the U.S.

@robertaldaron8617

9 ай бұрын

This should be included in High School civics and social studies classes.

@thunderpooch

9 ай бұрын

you know who is even more of a fascist? companies like youtube and facebook that suppress left wing content but let right wing loons have their content spread far and wide. the reason they do this is right wing loons have an economic policy which boosts wall st and their precious stocks

@8088I

9 ай бұрын

It doesn't matter, he promises to rain Hell on anyone (friend, foe or political expediency - without limit) that 'hee believes' personally suit him. Much, much worse than anything that can be imagined, should he have his way.

The irony, presenter's name is Reich!

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...

This is what Republicans have wanted going back to the Reagan Administration.

@UTubeHandlesSuck

9 ай бұрын

You misspelled "Nixon," but yes.

@seanman1231

9 ай бұрын

@@UTubeHandlesSuck No, I didn’t.

@beejls

9 ай бұрын

Civil War. Since the Civil War.

@seanman1231

9 ай бұрын

@@beejls In that case you mean Conservatives.

@hipoman8087

9 ай бұрын

Didn’t realize that till I read books on what’s been happening since then. Republicans stonewalling on judge appointments till a republican took office( McConnell! ). Creating their republican training organization. Etc….

Thank you for clearly defining the difference of authoritarianism and fascism.

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

4 ай бұрын

Only democrats practiced authoritarianism and fascism during covid. Trump and republicans fought against it. Facts.

@Puppetmastersfool

3 ай бұрын

I guess you have never read Orwell, at least not all of his work, nor have you looked in to the Italian word 𝐹𝒶𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑜, now smarty pants tell my what you know of Angelo Oliviero Olivetti

@theTeflonDon1

3 ай бұрын

Fascism is a branch of socialism which are both authoritarian ideologies. Look at the communist/socialist states in this century. All are authoritarian dictator with leftist ideology. Fascism's logo was a bundle of sticks which is a reference to the collectivist mentality, furthermore mussolini was a devout Marxist socialist.

@sunesunee879

3 ай бұрын

​@@Puppetmastersfool "🤓☝️"

@hexry1139

3 ай бұрын

​@@Puppetmastersfool Hey, I'm Italian. I've studied fascism in school and I know of its horrors due to my family's history. Please don't try to justify this stuff.

This definition can fit every American leader going back to FDR.

Excellent presentation. I would include the "Cult of Personality" as part of Authoritarianism. Recommend: "Hitler and Stalin, Parallel Lives" by Alan Bullock for good insights.

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

3 ай бұрын

yes. this outlines the last 4 years of biden.

@Victor-lr2xr

3 ай бұрын

@@ronaldreagan-ik6hz Did you actually read my recommended book? Or are you just guessing at what it says?

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

3 ай бұрын

Trump had one term already. nothing he did supports the accusations of the left today. its just pure insanity. @@Victor-lr2xr

@Johnnythefirst

3 ай бұрын

@@ronaldreagan-ik6hz Yes, because there's a personality cult around Biden. Moron.

This very simple tutorial on fascism should be accessible to everyone. Even if they don't care.

@pep590

9 ай бұрын

Biden is anti-black racist and has received 30 million dollars from China, Russia and Ukraine for bribes and influence. get a clue!

@JJwest118

9 ай бұрын

🐑

@MalteseKat

9 ай бұрын

And that's just it they don't care. They know he didn't win the election

@faiththrower7951

9 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@KaiserBlade

9 ай бұрын

Here it is. Fascists have their political opponents arrested and indicted on false charges. Like Biden is doing. They cheat elections too. Joe Biden " I don't need your votes to win". Can't wait until he's subpoenaed to explain that remark.

My former History and Social studies teacher David "Doc" Martin of Estes Park, Colorado made sure his students learned these lessons well. I am forever in his debt for helping to play a role in ensuring that myself, and many others, became decent human beings. Proffessor Reich, thank you too for continuing to educate the public about these important topics. I hope many more people will learn from you now and into the future.

@davidhoward8390

5 ай бұрын

Today’s educators are nothing g more than America hating Marxist and nothing more. You’re a fool for falling for this BS.

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

4 ай бұрын

Shocker, a progressive teacher fucked il one more brain! Thomas sowell - a conservative exposes Robert Reich as a total liar every day.

Can't we all just..... enjoy a video about how Trump is a picture perfect example of the living definition of: "Idiot?"

@scottwoodward7103

3 ай бұрын

Ehhhhhhh. Donald Trump is neither as stupid as he pretends to be nor as intelligent as he thinks he is.

@axle182a

3 ай бұрын

Correct. He's more stupid than he pretends to be, and is not as intelligent as he thinks he is. He's a laughing stock to everyone outside of USA. @@scottwoodward7103

@gennietayfer7514

3 ай бұрын

You should ask yourself how Biden became a millionaire by being a politician his entire life?

@A-A_P

3 ай бұрын

​@@gennietayfer7514 and Thou shalt ask thyself why Thou commentest the same off-topic reply under two different comments.

@apollyon1

3 ай бұрын

We did this with Jeremy Corbyn in the UK. With reasonable expenses, income and good investments you can become a millionaire on a US politicians salary. Trump however became a millionaire by starting with a billion dollars. @@gennietayfer7514

"A rose is a rose by any other name "

I got chills, and not the good kind. THANK YOU Robert for a clear picture of what is happening in the US right now. We just can't let this happen.

@yourdaddy-mq4km

9 ай бұрын

This video is fear mongering lies.

@katsong3302

9 ай бұрын

ignoring the reality of those born inter-sex . drumph’s grandfather left Germany, came to the states, tried to return to Germany and was refused re-entry.

@TheAsvarduilProject

9 ай бұрын

Question is, as a people: what are we going to do about it? Silence furthers the fascist goals. Doing nothing isn't an option. What can YOU do, while staying safe and keeping others safe?

@JimHolder-pk2kk

9 ай бұрын

@@TheAsvarduilProject Be politically active, vote mostly for Democrats. Be a good person, support women's rights all that jazz.

@suehowie152

9 ай бұрын

​​@@TheAsvarduilProjectPlus call out the disinformation online.. Oh and refuse to be a modern day German Nazi.. We have to remember in Germany there weren't enough people fighting against Hitler..They were submissive..

It is amazing how history tends to keep trying to repeat itself.

@SteRo

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, times change but human nature doesn't change.

@theodoresweger4948

9 ай бұрын

Last time it was Hitler and it seems we have forgotten

@EricForney-uz4iz

9 ай бұрын

"History doesn't always repeat itself but it often rhymes" Mark Twain

@mrcuttime22

9 ай бұрын

And Steve Bannon advised Thump to REPEAT history and the American Nazi movement. Of course, he bought into it, and Bannon is still free to extoll it. It's time to BREAK the wheel!

@sjd5750

9 ай бұрын

Bad history repeats itself when people fail to learn from, or even know history..It's called apathy.

Thank you for a fact-based modern history lesson without the drama.

Thank you, Robert Reich, for speaking out to save America! Much respect and admiration for you!

@mitch_the_-itch

9 ай бұрын

He is why we are going to pay a trillion dollar interest payment next year, you lowiq indoctrinated Socialist. When the interest on HIS debt is bigger than the entire budget in a few years get back to me about his heroics. Do any of you LowIQ Leftwits know we paid almost 500B in interest THIS YEAR?

@renh9858

9 ай бұрын

Agreed. But, with all respect, Mr Reich isn't just saving America, he is educating the whole world about tyranny and indeed, fascism. Drump is a world wide problem.☮️🙏👍

@steved.9030

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for describing politicians in general. Especially the current group of fascists in charge.

@morgen_t

9 ай бұрын

Your countries in shambles. The streets of your democrat run cities are hell holes. Your dollar is crumbling. You’re funneling money on a foreign war that will hopefully result in exposure of the biden administrations lies in ukraine. You got other problems so stop glorifying millionaires like this putz, he’s fueling a social war to distract you from the real problems, people like you will sadly never learn, you’ll just consume more media and nod your head to old rich white men like Robert

@morgen_t

9 ай бұрын

@@steved.9030 cuck

My brother and I saw this right from the beginning. We are both studies of WWII and saw the writing on the wall. Robert Reich just cemented what we already understood.

@loricusenza4887

9 ай бұрын

Right after 45 was elected, I spoke out of turn at church saying he was a fascist. I got a lot of dirty looks because I “was not being respectful of the leader of the country”. But I was not wrong either. Now I’m just more convinced than ever. Respect does not preclude truth.

@kaisermarxistdixie6842

9 ай бұрын

Then you need to study WWII more because Trump can't just be Appointed president like Hitler or Mussolini was and also Trump during his presidency had the ability to declare emergencies to give himself more power especially when the Republicans controlled Congress and Senate for 2 years, also I don't know why Trump hates the Jews so much he Allowed his daughter to Marry a Jew and Convert to Judaism and put a Mariah on the white house I bet Hitler is just Proud of him

Cómo desearía que estos videos .. llegaran a mi gente latina...lamentable es que no comprendan a que nos exponemos si salen aspirantes a fascistas como Trump...Latinos. .vayan al simbolito de herramientas ...trasladar español... gracias Robert..cuídate mucho..te necesitamos...

It's so terrible to have one's suspicions confirmed so clearly. Let there be no mistake about it. WE THE PEOPLE have the power to rebel against DT's attempts by VOTING AND VOTING EARLY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. We need to send a strong message clarifying whose America this is and what we want it to stand for. God bless us all! 🇺🇲

Watch out for MoRon DeathSantis trying to out fascist the Orange fascist. Your piece should be played on every majors. Thank you Robert.

@sandyd3686

9 ай бұрын

👍 👍 💯 RIGHT

@AndreLaCroix22

9 ай бұрын

To you levdists, following r ghteous and reasonable rules is fash his sim.

@AndreLaCroix22

9 ай бұрын

But since you utterly redefine every SINGLE well established concept, you are always in the right 👍

@RayBetterThanEvilCanival

9 ай бұрын

Your nickname for Ron DeSantis is like 100x better than what tRump came up with

@AndreLaCroix22

9 ай бұрын

@@thedude702 Well, if you and your blue buddies weren't ACTUAL fash hissed I'd be able to spell just fine here.

I’d argue there’s also a call to naturalism. For fascists, their actions are justified because they seek to restore a supposed natural order to the county. This can be seen in the subjugation of woman and gender and sexually minorities, whom fascist often label as either naturally inferior or unnatural. It also explains the way fascism often overlays with eugenics and bloodline obsession because it needs to constantly prove there are innate, natural superiorities to the in-group. Through this lens, they can act like they’re policies are not bigoted but realistic and anyone who opposes them is denying the natural order of the world.

@julietfischer5056

9 ай бұрын

And, as a bonus, makes it easier to create enemies.

@katrinapaton5283

9 ай бұрын

I feel you're confusing Facism with National Socialism. Facists didnt care about purity of bloodlines, so long as you considered yourself to be Italian that was good enough for them.

@Daemonworks

9 ай бұрын

It's more that there is one group of people, who are inherently superior. Different fascist groups will lean into different specifics for defining that group. It frequently involves a callback to a real or imagined golden age from which they are an unbroken, but tarnished descent, and a call to restore the former glory. For Italy, it was imperial Rome, for Germany, it was the batshit revision of norse/north german culture, for Trump it's just a nebulous sense of American exceptionalism and letting folks fill in precisely when they think America was great, and how it's fallen. The framing is rarely as important as "we were great, but we've fallen. Fallen because of those corrupting people and their degenerate ways! But I, and I alone, can restore that greatness, your greatness! The birthright those people stole from you! They may seem weak and powerless, constantly victimized by the majority, but don't be fooled, it's not that they're a convenient target that many of you already irrationally dislike, it's because they are secretly powerful, so powerful that only I can save you from them!"

@julietfischer5056

9 ай бұрын

@@katrinapaton5283- Don't think the Nazis weren't fascists just because they didn't use the term. They weren't socialists, either---unless you think North Korea is a democratic republic. All such regimes have those they consider fully human and deserving of rights, and those who are subhuman.

@katrinapaton5283

9 ай бұрын

@@julietfischer5056 What about the term National Socialist suggests to you that the Nazis werent socialist? Sorry but they were very much left wing, just like the Facists were. I'd recommend TIKs videos on the subject if you're interested in the topic.

YES

If only we could run this on daytime tv, shown as many times per day as they ran that Ozempic commercial, it could change minds!

@riceburner4747

9 ай бұрын

AMEN! BUT IT COULD CHANGE OUR NATION!!

@bcooke1000

9 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. The time is NOW. Ignorance could kill this country

@swbeyer8349

9 ай бұрын

​@@bcooke1000Ignorance IS killing this country. Ignorance about such fundamental things as the knowledge and the understanding of the founding principles of the United States. Like the idea that ALL men (meaning human beings) are created equal as stated in the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.

@bcooke1000

9 ай бұрын

@@swbeyer8349 Yes I do have some silly Pollyanna hope that we can still fight for our democracy. I still believe that We The People WILL always eventually rise up.

@orionSpacecraft

9 ай бұрын

no one watches tv anymore boomer

I've been calling him a fascist for years and been called out for being dramatic. I would like to say that I appreciate such a calm, well-thought out video that explains what I've been trying to say (apparently poorly) for so long.

@maurvir3197

9 ай бұрын

@@shawnstephens1251Trust me, I don't want to believe it. Unfortunately for all of us, it's still true. Whether or not you believe in the pied piper or not makes little difference when you finally get to the sea.

@maurvir3197

9 ай бұрын

@@shawnstephens1251 And there it is. The fascist philosophy. For everyone else, there is a right, and there is a wrong, and for the most part, we used to know the difference. I stand where I always have, on the principles this country was founded on. A republic based on democratic representation, where we valued rights and freedom for all - not just freedom for the strongest. If you prefer a fascist, authoritarian government, I believe you can still fly to Moscow via Syria. Maybe when Trump flies the coop, you can meet him there.

@panzer00

9 ай бұрын

Confirmation bias.

@lifeaftercave

9 ай бұрын

@@shawnstephens1251​​⁠spoken like a true fascist. Misoginy and all. Trump and his followers are fascists and on the wrong side of history.

@lifeaftercave

9 ай бұрын

@@panzer00you have no valid argument. The facts in this video are clear. Trump and his followers are fascists.

Can you do a video on Vivek Ramaswamy?

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

2 ай бұрын

name one thing Ramaswamy says that would not make america a better nation. then name anything robert reich says that proven to make america a better nation? Truth hurts the brains of liberals.

Trump was saying everything that Hitler said in his speeches.

You're a light in dark places Robert. Be well and keep it up!

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." ~Hannah Arendt

@fliegeroh

9 ай бұрын

Tell me Marxists, what is a woman? Now who no longer knows the distinction between fact and fiction? It's YOU.

I remember that one scene in the Simpsons when they were in Italy and Homer started posing in which Lisa warned him to not imitate Mussolini to not get in trouble and Homer thought that that was a Trump imitation.

ABSOLUTELY!!!

This is a great resource for simple minded people who require deprogramming by family and friends. Thanks, Robert.

@brucegray5139

9 ай бұрын

Also, f#ck leftist authoritarianism.

@unpredictableaxolotl3762

9 ай бұрын

if that's how you talk to those folks you intend to 'deprogram', you're not going to get very far. just sayin'.

@trevordoolan5011

9 ай бұрын

If only it was that easy... Maybe there's a chance you can help some few, but I fear most who fall down that spaghettified Rabbit hole have gone so deeply invested their Wormbrain Mind Virus has eroded logical thoughts, and they won't take the Vaccine and they won't wake-up ! .

@chompythebeast

9 ай бұрын

A white supremacist settler-colonial empire has deprogramming to achieve across far more of its population than merely Republicans. Denazification was something the Americans refused to do even after VE Day, after all

@My-Pal-Hal

9 ай бұрын

​@@unpredictableaxolotl3762 Ya gotta start somewhere. Unless you have some better suggestions,.. instead of just crying about others suggestions just like Repugnantcants Do.

I'm so glad that we have your voice.

Saw it coming in 2015. Referred you at every opportunity to "14 Characteristics of Fascim" by Lawrence Britt. Before he was even elected, the trumpenfuher had hit 13/14 points. 😢

🧡 #MarianneWilliamson2024 her VALOR, her Love, her BRAVE DETERMINATION are example of what a PRESIDENT MUST offer to THE PEOPLE 🧡

Your examples using Trump's own words hit the nail on the head.

@phillybilly-zl5js

9 ай бұрын

That's why... You lost yours!?

@DAMON409

9 ай бұрын

If only those words had anything at all to do with fascism.

@lindarockafellow5058

9 ай бұрын

It certainly did. No doubt about it!

@DAMON409

9 ай бұрын

@@lindarockafellow5058 😂😆😆 try harder. According to you, every conservative is a fascist. I suggest you get an English dictionary.

@lifeaftercave

9 ай бұрын

@@DAMON409 modern conservatives are collectively embracing fascism. That’s your own fault. You’re on the wrong side of history.

It’s important to point out that “strong man” is a term that means a leader who embodies great weakness. Strong is often seen as being violent and attacking with words weapons and war any descenders. A truly strong person is equipped to lead without threats and convince others of his ideas by strong well reasoned arguments. The weak leader must resort to violence because their weaknesses don’t allow them to be anything but a bully.

@yaimavol

9 ай бұрын

The only violence that happened during the Trump years came from the left. $ 2 billion of property destroyed, 25 people dead, a federal court laid seige to for 100 nights in a row, an entire area of Seattle sealed off and declared it's own sovereign nation.... and then there is the everyday chaos and violence you find in any city controlled by Democrats. it's clear who the supporters of violence are

@ChrisTian-rm7zm

9 ай бұрын

“All cruelty springs from weakness” Seneca

@ronaldreagan-ik6hz

4 ай бұрын

The most violence in America was over BLM- all by the left.

Why all the disturbing music noise in the background? My prof never added DJ noise to his lectures

I have family members who have completely bought into this movement. There’s nothing I, or anyone else, can say or do to bring them to this understanding. It’s deeply frustrating. Thank you RR for your work.

@jamesjennings8574

4 ай бұрын

I think a lot of us are in the same boat -- They are truly brainwashed.

@karas.6438

4 ай бұрын

I'm in your same predicament! Lost friends, my mother, Uncle, my ex-husband (father if my kids) to this inhumane monster! Always ends up with them pissed & screaming at me for telling them the truth & backing it all up with proof. They don't care.

@karas.6438

4 ай бұрын

Every one of them will sit there & tell you, "he never said/did that! It's the Democrats!

@rickr.mortis4821

4 ай бұрын

Same with my family and many friends. They are all lost in the insanity of being brainwashed by Trumpism. :(

@JoeMama-bk7rd

4 ай бұрын

​@@rickr.mortis4821no, you're brainwashed by the same people who constantly keep getting voted in. Joe Bidumb has been writing bad laws for 50 years. Wake up.

Back in the 90s, Ivana Trump, in a Vanity Fair interview, noted that the Donald kept a copy of Hitler's "My New Order" on his bedside table. The man doesn't read much (if at all), but it says a lot about him when he's a fan of Hitler's speeches! We knew about this more than 30 years ago ... and still a lot of people voted for him (and that's the frightening point!).

@johngore7744

9 ай бұрын

Yeah he jerked off to it.

@kaisermarxistdixie6842

9 ай бұрын

You know what's funny as I kid I remember Trump running for president for the Reform party in 2000 with the Reform party was mostly a Centre-left progressive party in which Pat Buchanan and David Duke tried to Co-op and I remember Trump calling both of them a "Racist and a Nazi" but I could be wrong I know Fascists like to call their political opponents Nazis and Racists like they are totally opposed to that.

@michaelholopainen2822

8 ай бұрын

Given that Trumps father was a Nazi, and I not mean he was leaning right, but he was ana ACTUAL Nazi. Trumps father was a actual member of Hitler's Nazi party and went to see Hitler's speeches. After Nazi's defeat in Germany he fleed to America with his family. Trump is a son of a Nazi, and apple does not fall far.

@DarkMark-cf1ec

8 ай бұрын

An even more scary fact is that historically democrats have sided with the KKK. Even now Biden has a friend that leads a KKK chapter, 1 position below a wizard + Him saying "If you don't vote for me you aint black" + kid sniffing + illegal drug parties

@lillydiamondincolorado6828

8 ай бұрын

KNOW THY ENEMY doesn't mean you believe everything. Do you???

You are right, ❤

The Republican Party as a whole has been trending more and more fascist over the last 40 years.

@cardinalRG

18 күн бұрын

You're using "fascist" as a slur, rather than reflective of a historically genuine ideology. The GOP is no more fascist than the Dem Party is, and no fascist has ever occupied the White House. FDR came closest, being an admitted admirer of _early_ fascism, but even at that he can hardly be called a "fascist".

Remember when he wanted to have the parade with all the tanks as if we were north korea?

@Taricus

8 ай бұрын

Remember when President Xi in China declared himself president for life and Trump was like, "I think that's a really great idea! I think we should do that here, you know?" He was pretty much rambling out his intentions. --and also all the times he talked about his future 3rd term as president--despite that not being possible....

@user-mj7dx9ml5e

8 ай бұрын

I remember. Sick 🤢

@Max_Mustermann

8 ай бұрын

@@Taricus Or when he said that he deserved a 3rd term, because he was robbed of his 1st term by the Mueller probe.

@twizms7362

3 ай бұрын

​@@Taricus And how he was great friends with Putin as well

Thank you for laying it out plain and simple for us.

@JimHolder-pk2kk

9 ай бұрын

With Trump, the term Fascist is not just some idle insult, it is a technical diagnosis. Although Robert Reich's plain and simple explanation only uses 5 characteristics, it is consistent with the scholarship of Laurence Britt (14 points of Fascism) and Umberto Eco (1995 essay Ur-Fascism and his 14 Common Features of Fascism). Reich is also consistent with other more in-depth scholarship on this topic.

@mitch_the_-itch

9 ай бұрын

Youre an AI bot from Google aren't you? No American is this stupid and indoctrinated.

@yourdaddy-mq4km

9 ай бұрын

@@JimHolder-pk2kk he only uses 5 of the 14 points because most of them apply to the democrats.

@JimHolder-pk2kk

9 ай бұрын

@@yourdaddy-mq4km If you are saying this seriously, you did not read and comprehend Eco, Britt or any other authority on Fascism. I also have smaller minor issues with some of the more corporate Democrats but nothing serious since the Dixiecrat racist version of Democrats from before Nixon. It sounds like you are saying this in a name-calling nontechnical way of saying you disagree with some Democrats for reasons other than actual fascism.

@yourdaddy-mq4km

9 ай бұрын

@@JimHolder-pk2kk nope, my only problem with democrats is that they are infact fascist. You are a victim of their propaganda and manipulation.

We the people must demand a Democracy instead of this Republic. #OneManOneVote

Thank you Doctor Reich for this lesson on contemporary fascism in the United States. As was the case in Europe a century ago, too many U.S. citizens remain blissfully unaware of the slow, but relentless progress toward fascism being carried out by the far right.

@katrinapaton5283

9 ай бұрын

Which is hilarious when you stop and think that Facism was, according to Mussolini (you know, the guy who used to be the editor of Italys communist news paper) communism on a national level, as opposed to Marxism which was communism on an international level. Ignorance is bliss I guess.

@morgen_t

9 ай бұрын

Your countries in shambles. The streets of your democrat run cities are hell holes. Your dollar is crumbling. You’re funneling money on a foreign war that will hopefully result in exposure of the biden administrations lies in ukraine. You got other problems so stop glorifying millionaires like this putz, he’s fueling a social war to distract you from the real problems, people like you will sadly never learn, you’ll just consume more media and nod your head to old rich white men like Robert

@kaisermarxistdixie6842

9 ай бұрын

​@@katrinapaton5283the Fascists of Spain actually called themselves "National syndicalists" syndicalism being a form of Socialism. Fascism is basically a form of Bourgeois Socialism with nationalist sentiment mixed in with it.

@scottpandich3972

8 ай бұрын

This isn't a lesson; it's propaganda.

@donnalechak6980

8 ай бұрын

The reason Biden have open the wall is to give those people to vote for Dems. He will find a way. To make that happen. The illegals expect to have everything handed to them.