Just because I just got in an online argument which pressed my "you are wrong" buttons; am I just being paranoid or is an Administration which

* has an obedient internal police rounding up people to put in camps
* has a consistently anti-union, homophobic stance, consistently has anti semitic dogwhistles and supporters
* has supporters who clearly demonstrate a racist agenda and who have used Nazi symbology
* glorifies militarism and is connected with violent buildup
* has a leader who holds rallies about his personality
* stems from a party historically connected with the actual NSDAP

@Leucrotta my feeling is that it's definitely distinguishable, but it's a waste of time to do so.

If you got bit by a snake and needed to know which one because there's multiple anti-venoms then that makes sense. In this case the exact type of authoritarianism we've fallen into is unimportant and slows down reaction to it.

@Leucrotta Additionally of course the exact nature and control mechanisms are going to be different in each country and time period. The claim that the contradictions of capitalism will be solved once the "bad" people are killed is the main point.

@chimerror Thinking about that how distinctly American it is that so much of this is about television; the Hitler-equivalent is a television celebrity, and his support is garnered from what's theoretically a news network and a religious right strongly rooted in what's on the tube.